Jacob Jackmauh
October 22, 2024

Complete playlist below; tracks in yellow were cut for time.

For this breezy fall show, artist Jacob Jackmauh brings a selection of songs that run the gamut from the corporate innocence of a Kidz Bop cover of an Ice Spice/Nicki Minaj collab to the moody Witch House of S4lem. This playlist was definitely influenced by YouTube—check out the amazing video by Oneohtrix Point Never—and TikTok.

One of Jackmauh’s choices is a Lim Giong piece from the soundtrack of the 2004 Jia Zhangke film The World. The film takes place in Beijing World Park, a huge amusement garden containing models of iconic art and architecture from five of the seven world continents. Jake describes his interest in reproductions, models, novelty sculptures, and roadside attractions, and he tells us about his series of sculptures incorporating large fiberglass molds and how these objects relate to tourism and experience.

We talk about the complicated layering of form and meaning in a post-internet world, and what it means to think about mass culture(s) and navigate the spaces between childhood and adulthood today. Jacob chooses some big bangers from Lil Uzi Vert and Chuckii Booker, and explains how exposure to the internet and social media—“indexes of explorables”—introduces the algorithm to the forces of social networks and chance which create our cultural spheres.

We end the show on a more nostalgic note, with a selection from the original Mean Girls soundtrack and a couple of songs by Prince. It’s a great show!

1. Barbie World,    Kidz Bop Kids,    2024
   
2. Gloomy,    Lim Giong,    2004
   
3. heavenly,    Pat's Soundhouse   
   
4. Boring Angel,    Oneohtrix Point Never,    2013
   
5. Keep U Satisfied,    Kofi,    2012
   
6. Seconds (Human League Cover),    Keef Baker,    2014
   
7. Art Star,    Yeah Yeah Yeahs,    2002
   
8. Killer,    SALEM,    2010
   
9. Built This Way,    Samantha Ronson   
   
10. That Way,    Lil Uzi Vert, WanMor,    2020
    
11. Games,    Chuckii Booker (A G Cook Remix)   
    
12. American Teenager Rave Mix,    Ethel Cain x sadie   
    
13. Liebe in Stereo,    Baby B3ns, Yung Hurn,    2024
14. Hustler,    Simian Mobile Disco,    2007
15. Let Me Go,    Tyler Berrier,    2024
    
16. Being Harsh,    A. G. Cook   
17. Moment to Moment,    Shiny Two Shiny,    2014
18. Temptation Is Hard to Fight,    George McGregor & The Bronzettes,    1967
    
19. Love... Thy Will Be Done,    Prince,    2019
    
20. Why Should I Love You?    Kate Bush,    1993

Jacob Jackmauh (b. 1994 Boston, MA) lives and works in Queens, NY. He is a visual artist and co-direcor of Art Lot, an outdoor exhibition space in Redhook, Brooklyn. Jackmauh has recently exhibited at Parent Company, New York, NY; Bad Water, Knoxville, TN; International Objects, Brooklyn, NY; Eyes Never Sleep, New York, NY; and Subtitled NYC, Brooklyn, NY. Instagram: @jacob_jackmauh