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i will line edit your writing (thesis paper / think piece / artist statement)

Noticed a bunch of people who reached out about doing a studio visit were ultimately looking for a close read on their writing, so.....Bump up to the $50 tier this month if you want me to line edit + give overall feedback on your artist statement, think piece, or thesis paperThis is an irresponsibly underpriced offer compared to the cost of getting a line edit via a college class lolHere's what I look to develop in an edit:-a BOLD thesis statement. The first paragraph should immediately pique the reader's interest while establishing you...

50 PRINTS SHIPPED TO PATRONS!!

PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT!e-mails have been sent to all the recipientsand guess what? if you didn't get one this month, i'm doing it again next month :-)

Studio visits available tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday Nov 16)

Hello,if you are available to do a studio visit over Zoom from the hours of 4:00 - 7:00 pm EST on Wednesday November 16, then send me an e-mail with a link to the work you'd like to discuss and any other relevant attachments.I'm gonna look through the applicants and try to find 5 people whose work I'm best equipped to offer feedback on.I'm going to review the first 20 emails I receive then choose 5 from that pool.my e-mail isbradtroemel@gmail.com

THE CELEBRITY ARTIST REPORT

graphic design by Anson Nguyenvideo outro edited by Nick Vyssotskymusic by Deftones - Change (in the house of flies)

PRINT G*VEAWAY THIS MONTH!!

Hello I'm sending 50 random patrons a signed print this month so if you’re signed up there’s a decent chance there will be a little gift in your mailbox come the first week of November 😋👀😎In the mean time I'm currently writing the CELEBRITY ART REPORT with the aim of releasing it at the end of the month.P.S.If you haven't watched last month's HUSTLE REPORT check it out here!

October's Very Own Report + more more more

here's a little peak at what's coming up.sound off below if there's anything you want me to cover!?

the HUSTLE report

credits:Graphic design by Anson NguyenOutro video produced by Nick VyssotskyShirt by @earth_worm.exeSong by Bring Me The Horizonresearch chemicals: Line Goes Up by Dan Olson Among the Reality Entrepreneurs (Urbit goes downtown) by James Duesterberg Web 3 Is Going Great by Molly White NFT ep on Trueanon The Intellectual Incoherence of Cryptoassets by Stephen Diehl NFTs: crypto grifters try to scam artists, again by David Gerard On The Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber Texas Messiahs, Cognitive Dissonance by Sean Joseph Patrick Carney ...

THE HUSTLE REPORT is next!!

coming september: the HUSTLE REPORT.a look at how the past decade of hustle culture memes have reflected broader changes in the economy and social media.do NOT miss this one.and if you haven't watched the KAYFABE report then check it out! especially if you've been watching The Rehearsal

THE KAYFABE REPORT

In this report I talk about..........-the history of professional wrestling and how it went from a war-time sport to a carnival-inspired form of theater called kayfabe (0:00 - 16:29)-Andy Kaufman's wrestling-inspired career, how he used babyface and heel characters to get his audience to question the line between fiction and reality (16:30 - 44:43)-3 tiers of transgression and where Andy Kaufman's work fits among them (44:44 - 54:32)my favorite writing I came across:1. Lost in The Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman by Bill Zehm...

LOT'S OF UPDATES! NEW PROJECTS COMING IN JULY!

hey gang, i've been working on three projects this month that will all be coming out in july. they include.....1. The KAYFABE / Andy Kaufman ReportThis one started as being a report about Andy Kaufman alone then I realized the part of Kaufman's career I wanted to talk about the most was his time as a professional wrestler. The way Kaufman created an all-consuming heel character across media channels made me start researching the history of kayfabe so the report has slightly shifted focus. The report is now a history of wrestling enterta...

the social media beef report

in this report i talk about...-how institutional failure has led to the success of independent outlets (podcasts,substacks,patreons) as an alternative for people looking to form a media-consumption-diet-turned-peer-group-how those independent outlets are then pressured to fulfill the role of the institutions that came before them by recreating consensus worldviews/endorsement networks-how the contentious nature of building these endorsement networks leads to conflict and resentment (how the oversharing and co-signing that builds up the outlet i...

THE SOCIAL MEDIA BEEF REPORT

When I did the AMA the #1 question I got was some version of WHATS YOUR OPINION ON THE BEEF BETWEEN X PERSON AND Y PERSON???? so I made a whole report about social media conflicts and the dynamics behind them. Video comes out June 6 😳

ASK ME ANYTHING! new video

Hey gang, still working on the Andy Kaufman report + Season 2 of Main Characters and Events so I'm gonna do a little AMA video in the meantime.I feel like this could be a fun chance to quickly touch on a bunch of topics that might not warrant a full half hour video but could be summed up in a minute or two?Drop your questions below or feel free to DM me on Instagram ;-)

Zoom studio visits available on Sunday!

Hello,if you are available to do a studio visit over Zoom from the hours of 1:00 - 4:00 pm EST on Sunday May 15, then send me an e-mail with a link to the work you'd like to discuss.I'm gonna look through the applicants and try to find 5 people whose work I'm best equipped to offer feedback on.I'm going to review the first 20 emails I receive then choose 5 from that pool.my e-mail isbradtroemel@gmail.com

the ANDY KAUFMAN report coming up this month!

It's gonna be a dope and savage report about Andy Kaufman's legendary work + his influence on today's comedy + anti-comedy + wrestling entertainment + mass media hoaxes and much much morePeople have asked me to 'do a report about art you actually like for once you frickin scrooge' so, guess what? Here it is! Half an hour of me talking about one of my all time favorites hehehehehee

UPCOMING REPORTS!

Plus, if you haven't watched the report that caused me to lose 3,000+ Instagram followers yet, then be sure to check out THE ARTSPEAK REPORT !!

the ARTSPEAK report

1. International Art English by Alix Rule and David Levine2. The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe3. Elite Overproduction overview

NY in person studio visits available for tomorrow

Hey let's try this again lolIf you are available to do a studio visit from the hours of 3:00 - 7:00 pm tomorrow at Forlinis in NY then please send me an e-mail with a link to the work you'd like to discuss.I'm going to look through the applicants and try to find 4 people whose work I'm best suited to discuss at length.I'm going to review the first 20 emails I receive then choose 4 from that pool.my e-mail isbradtroemel@gmail.com

in person studio visits now available!!

Hey these are in Hudson, NY tomorrow evening (Monday March 7)they are IN PERSON, not over the lap top!please only sign up if you're sure you can show up:https://calendly.com/bradtroemel/hudson-in-person-studio-visits?month=2022-03&date=2022-03-07

the SELFIE MUSEUM REPORT

song id:i9bonsai - nthnreads:1. The State of Culture 1 by Ben Davis2. Reprivatizing Art in The Name of Equality by Angela Nagel3. The Rise of Immersive Art by Anna Weiner4. Jack Goldstein and the CalArts Mafia by Richard Hertz (probably deserves a report of its own)5. Selfies Are Not Self Expression by Rob Horning6. Susan Sontag on photography refresher7. DIS #artselfie archive of Instagram posts (incredible scroll esp if you're a millennial who was in the NY art world this looks like Cobrasnake now lol)8. Against Curating by Stefan Heidenr...

new report monday

the SELFIE REPORT is coming..

NEW REPORT COMING SOON :-)

monday march 8, 2022

NEW REPORT COMING FEBRUARY 28

THE CULTURE WAR REPORT

BOOOMMMM!!!!! ready to get TRIGGERED?!? xDLinks:1. The Californian Ideology by Richard Barbrook and Andy Cameron2. From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism by Fred Turner3. All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace by Adam Curtis4. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff5. Undress or fail: Instagram’s algorithm strong-arms users into showing skin6. Touchscreen Capture by Mark Fisher7. I Write The Songs by Rob Horning8. Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a...

new report coming next month January 2022!

THE FAKE NEWS REPORT is a look at how big tech monopolies determine reality– both through the news stories algorithmically promoted and the intentionally vague guidelines for user censorship that allow them to police discourse under the guise of "fact checking". Fans of Silicon Valley should NOT watch this report next month!!!

in person studio visits at Forlinis tomorrow! friday dec 10

available to all patronsall times are ESTvisits are half an hour longwe can talk about whatever you want but you have to come prepared to talk about *something* ;-)sign up for a time slot here:https://calendly.com/bradtroemel/in-person-studio-visits-at-forlinis?month=2021-12&date=2021-12-10

wednesday studio visits available for guaranteed tier

sign up sheet here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/59635652

THE FUNKO REPORT

What’s behind our cultural obsession with nostalgia? Why’s it feel like there’s nothing new happening? How has entertainment fandom become a political identity? And what the heck is going on with men? How has masculinity become defined by either infantilizing yourself or cosplaying as a kitschy traditionalist?1. Mark Fisher - the slow cancellation of the future2. Contrapoints - men3. Making Fun: the story of funko pop

new report coming Monday December 6!!

The FUNKO REPORT will be coming on Monday, prepare yourself....

in person studio visits available for tomorrow in Geneva, Switzerland!

Times are for 2:00 / 3:00 / 4:00 PM.I have no idea why the calendar lists them as 20/21/22, but just know that on the sign up sheet20:00 = 2:00 pm21:00 = 3:00 pm22:00 = 4:00 pmStudio visits are IN PERSON (not over zoom) and go 45 minutes. We can talk about whatever you want but you have to come with *something* you want to talk about ;-)https://calendly.com/bradtroemel/geneva-in-person-studio-visits?month=2021-11&date=2021-11-11