I met Jaklin Romine at the Booklyn AB/Z Fair where we were both showing our work. I loved the zines she was showing there, and was completely intrigued when she told me about her performance work and how she uses it to confront inaccessible art spaces in Los Angeles by documenting her body sitting outside for an entire art opening or closing. I knew she would be a perfect guest for the podcast, and was so happy to get this interview booked!
Today I also want to direct your attention to Omowale Adewale and Black Veg Fest. They have created a document called 7 Points of Allyship for the White Vegan Community in Defense of Black Lives. I think this is an extremely important document to check out, fellow white people, even if you are not yet vegan. I signed the document which signed me up for follow up emails with action steps to take. I have a tremendous amount of work to do with my work toward being anti-racist, and this has really helped me find some direction.
Music:
No Summer – Doctor God
New Life – Michael Harren
Follow Jaklin Romine on Instagram, and purchase her zines here.
This podcast is powered by my subscribers on Patreon who, in addition to the warm feeling they get from co-creating with me, get lots of sweet perks including bonus podcast episodes. This week’s bonus podcast will be an extended interview with Jaklin. Learn more right here!
If you’d like to check out my other work, order The Animal Book directly from me here and get a free download of the album!
Here are some other places you can find the book.
Find The Animal Album streaming and downloadable here.
Here’s some more merch and music.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | Podcast Index | TuneIn | RSS
Shawn
Great interview! As a low-vision person, I can’t entirely relate to Jaklin’s experience but I know all about accessibility issues related to vision. Definitely gonna check out Jaklin’s work.
Michael
Ahhhh thanks for checking it out as always. I hope you are staying safe and healthy!