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Episode 378: Artist Camilla Taylor- "My House Burned Down"

August 9, 202552 min · 7,790 words

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Camilla Taylor, Los Angeles artist, and curator of " My House Burned Down" (at Track16 Gallery ), talks about: Her childhood with complicated religious origins, between her Mormon LDS father and her mother who branched off to start her own organization (some might say 'cult,' per Camilla), and how art, for her and many artists, can often fit the functions that people are often looking for in religions (including being part of something bigger than themselv…

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I am objects. I make art. That's who I am. I make things and all of those things are gone. And my ability to make them is gone.

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