Why Memes Can’t Be Art (ft. Mike Watson)

Mike Watson is an art and media theorist, critic and curator, and author of Towards a Conceptual Militancy, The Memeing of Mark Fisher, and Can the Left Learn to Meme? In this interview, we get into art and politics, the critical openness of abstract art vs. meme-identification, and Mark Fisher’s relation to neoliberalism. In the parrot room, we talk about what it would mean to honor Fisher’s legacy and whether there’s a market for people who want to get beyond postmodern nihilism. Support Us on Patreon