Finance is the New New Game
4.18.2025
Art Dubai
Delivered as part of Art Dubai’s talks program, Finance is the New New Game examined the entanglements between contemporary art and global financial systems. The presentation traced how speculative logics of markets intersect with artistic production, framing finance itself as a pervasive game that reshapes cultural and economic imaginaries.
Editor of Online Journal
2020-2024
Podcast Producer Season 1
2023
[Weird Economies platform]
[Exploits of Play podcast]
As an editor of the Weird Economies journal, the work focused on shaping texts that explored “economic imaginaries” — speculative and critical approaches to value, labor, and exchange. Editing involved close collaboration with contributors, refining language while preserving the distinctiveness of diverse voices. The goal was to make complex or experimental writing accessible without diminishing its rigor, positioning the journal as a bridge between theory, artistic practice, and broader publics. Each piece invited readers to rethink how economies are narrated and to imagine alternatives beyond conventional frameworks.
Podcast Production
Exploits of Play
As producer of Exploits of Play, the podcast extension of Weird Economies, responsibilities included developing the conceptual arc, coordinating guests, and overseeing technical production. The season investigated games and play as both metaphors and mechanisms for understanding economic life, connecting themes of desire, labor, and social relations. Episodes combined dialogue, storytelling, and sound design to create an accessible entry point into complex theoretical ideas. The producer’s role was to guide the rhythm of conversation, balance scholarly and creative voices, and ensure that each episode carried both clarity and resonance.
Girlhood
October 4-6, 2024
New Fears Gallery, Berlin
Group Show
Girlhood was a group exhibition and art market that brought together emerging artists to explore themes of youth, identity, and femininity. Organized as both a cultural gathering and a site of solidarity, the event directed its proceeds toward supporting Palestine. The show combined visual works, performances and a community-driven marketplace, creating space for dialogue around art, politics, and collective care.
Departure
September 2-28, 2022
Tegel Airport, Berlin
Group Show
HumAin
May 5-31, 2023
Paul-Linke-Ufer 38, Berlin
Group Show
[Räume Site]
[Räume Instagram]
Working as a collective, Räume put on ambitious shows in unexpected places around Berlin. Our mission was to break open the barriers of exhibiting and so our shows were open call to artists and simply asked they present new works around our theme or location. Our largest show was during Berlin Art Week in 2022 where we took over part of the airstrip and building of Tegel Airport. As a goodbye to that era of the city. We were among the top shows listed for art week in spite of the location, which was also infamously a bad place to put an airport to begin with.
hjmfrost@gmail.com
[Instagram]
Frost has contributed to collaborative platforms including Weird Economies, where she edited the journal of economic imaginaries and produced the podcast Exploits of Play. She curated Girlhood, a group exhibition and art market supporting Palestine, and has presented internationally with the talk Finance is the New New Game at Art Dubai. Regardless of medium, her practice stems from a relentless anxiety
Humanities and Fine Art
2017
Extension Degree
University of California Berkeley
Editor Professional Sequence
2019
WBS Coding School
Digital Product Design
2024
Digital Design Agency
Portland
2024 - Current
Weird Economies
Editor and Producer
Berlin
2020 - 2024
Sprüth Magers
Product Manager
Berlin
2020 - 2024
Arts of the Working Class
Editor
Berlin
2018 - 2020
The Oregon Voice
Art Editor
Eugene, OR
2015 - 2017
Languages: English (native), German (B1)
Girlhood
October 4 - 6, 2024
New Fears Gallery, Berlin
Group Show and Performance
Fundraiser for Palestine
HumAin
May 5 - 31, 2023
Paul-Linke-Ufer 38, Berlin
Group Show
Departure
September 2 - 28, 2022
Tegel Airport, Berlin
Group Show
There Are Things We Will Do For Water
September 26 - 31, 2022
Floating University, Berlin
Group Show and Performance
Säälchen
November 4, 2022
Holzmarkt, Berlin
Group Show
Fundraiser Berlin to Borders
I Want to Live on Earth
October 1 - November 30, 2018
The Workshop, Berlin
Solo Show
April 18 - 19, 2025
Art Dubai, UAE
Article — Coven Berlin — February 2023
“Sarah Friend”
Interview — Weird Economies — November 2021
“For the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog”
Essay — Weird Economies — September 2021
“Houseless Horoscope”
Arts of the Working Class — December 2020
“Notes on Portland”
Essay — Arts of the Working Class — August 2020
“Rodney”
Interview — Arts of the Working Class — May 2020
“My yellow is yours / your red is mine”
Horoscope — Arts of the Working Class — April 2020
“Managing Anxiety in the Time of Corona”
Podcast — Bear Radio Berlin — March 2020
“Universal Basic Income Deluxe”
Essay — Arts of the Working Class — April 2020
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