{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 376: Merging art & life and leaving the city for the country: artist couple and collaborators Gribaudi-Plytas.","description":"In Episode 376, Alex and Theo Gribaudi-Plytas talk about: Their location in rural France, at the southern end of the Champagne region, where there are tons of vineyards, many of which they take friends from out of town to, and how even in their minimally populated area they see plenty of income inequality; how they met while living in London\u2019s version of dorms for art students, even though they were going to art schools that weren\u2019t at all near each other, and how they evolved from friends to romantic partners to romantic partners who make art collaboratively; Theo\u2019s art school professor, Leigh Clarke, who looked through the class\u2019s sketchbooks, and if they didn\u2019t past muster he\u2019d throw them in the trash (it was symbolic); how they organically evolved into making art together as a pair, and what the advantages (and occasionally disadvantages) are, including the energy from vibing off each other\u2019s ideas,  and how one can inspire the other and v.versa; how their life is their art, particularly with the evolution of their home\/home studio and garden, all together as a piece. In the BONUS Full Episode, available to Patreon supporters of The Conversation, Alex and Theo discuss: Their perpetual moving in and moving out of studios in London, each after just a year or two, because they got priced out or the situation was unsustainable, and how they\u2019re translating the various functioning areas of those fleeting studio spaces to this permanent one, which is still very much a work-in-progress after three years (it\u2019s a former school house built in 1879 and a house next door); their 24-hour work\/artmaking sensibility, which they make sound quite appealing, a world in which breakfast can be art, or they can be working on art-related sewing while watching a film; why they left the city for the country, even when they had such a wonderful time during art school and beyond in London; the details of their property, including the view into the forest, where hunting takes place (and which we discuss); their complex relationship using Instagram (they don\u2019t like to but need to); Theo\u2019s sister, Sarah Rosenzweig, who they both admire for getting off of Meta platforms despite living in the mountains in the south of France (she sends out calendars and advocates for progressive political causes). ","author_name":"The Conversation Art Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/theconversationpod.com","html":"