Tony Walker
speaker
15,273 appearances
26 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 4d ago
Tony Walker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And of course, I've already put the caveat in that that object may be worthwhile in itself, it may be a wonderful piece.
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But my relationship with the object, yeah, I'm talking again about this web of meaning.
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My what does the object mean to me?
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It signifies I am a special person with aesthetic knowledge, therefore I'm up cut above.
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It's a status signaler.
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We as primates are massively interested.
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interested in status singing.
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We use wealth.
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So for example, um
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You know, there's a famous thing about um suntans, Europeans and suntans, in the old days.
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Um, the only people who had suntans were field labourers.
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So the aristocracy prided their white skin, and then um they became factory workers, so the factory workers were really pale.
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So the the elites favoured uh use that phrase, uh that loaded phrase, uh the elites favored favored having a suntan, and then package holidays came along and and people
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who didn't have much money who were not elite could get tanned and therefore we went back to the elites not wanting to be so tanned.
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Uh and it's just about differentials of status.
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So I put why do I have diamond I don't actually why do I have diamonds on my bath taps?
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It's it's 'cause it's no use.
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Is it beauty, is it transcendental that we were talking about the transcendental nature of art?
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Or is it just signalling I have more money, therefore I have more resources, therefore I am a a fitter mate, and you wanna go out with me, las, uh 'cause I am um I've got the bees' knees.
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I have my knees are like bees, actually.
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