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Claude Glass –“Isekai (Accidental Spirals)” Music Video (Interview w/...
In the animated music video for “Isekai (Accidental Spirals),” a hypothetical date goes so wrong that one of its participants would rather disengage from reality and fall into an alternate space-time...
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Night Heron –“Dreamz” Music Video (Interview w/ Musician & Creative Team)
Shot on a secret location in Colima, Mexico, the music video for “Dreamz” by Portland band Night Heron draws inspiration from the natural world to create a lush and colorful dreamscape. Citing...
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Nous Alpha Interview: A Music Video Series Inspired by A Walk Through the Woods
Nous Alpha – “For Hollow” Music Video directed by Paola Oloa When curating music videos for their forthcoming album, Walk in the Woods, the musical duo Nous Alpha drew on the artistic expertise of...
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Yewon Kwon Artist Interview: You Wanna See What Ordinary Hands Can Do to...
By way of Chicago, illustrator and printmaker Yewon Kwon landed in Seattle in late 2020, in desire of a lifestyle change and a chance to be closer to nature. A nonbinary artist of Korean heritage, Kwon...
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Bailey Hikawa Artist Interview: Sculptural Objects to Color Everyday Life
There are many colorful narrative threads one could pull from the artistic practice of Los Angeles born-and-raised visual artist Bailey Hikawa. With a formal background in painting and a storied...
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CHAII – Lightswitch EP Music Video Series (Interview w/ Musician & Stylist)
Photograph by Abe Mora Lightswitch, the six-track EP from New Zealand-based Persian rapper, CHAII, draws upon her visual art background and comes paired with six highly-stylized music videos that span...
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Future Arts Interview: Recontextualizing “Nature as Queen” in a New Media World
In the recent past, the term “new media” has grown to encompass artists who work in any sort of digital medium. Under that blanket term, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have been...
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Leah Nguyen Artist Interview: Energy Signatures to Heal the Soul
Interdisciplinary Seattle artist Leah Meridoc Nguyen (they/she) has come to understand their body, mind, and soul as an instrument that — when tuned to the right frequency — has the capacity to heal...
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Jimmy Edgar Artist Interview: Material Synthesis of the Real, Physical,...
It’s been over ten years since I first interviewed musician and interdisciplinary visual artist Jimmy Edgar – who goes often these days as simply JIMMY – at a hotel room in Seattle. At the time, he was...
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Jaleesa Johnston Artist Interview: In-Between All that Matter(s)
Perpetually curious about the nebulous experiences of being human, interdisciplinary artist Jaleesa Johnston uses her art practice to investigate the complexities of Black femininity, as it exists...
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Tesla Kawakami Interview: Evocative Paintings for Apocalyptic Times
Amidst a swarm of climate doomsday media, Tesla Kawakami (they/them) paints a timeline of stories about earthly beings and their shifting relationships to their planet through drastic and dangerous...
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Eirik Johnson Interview: Leviathan Rising Grapples with the History of the...
The first time I saw Seattle photographer Eirik Johnson‘s Leviathan series, I was both transfixed and confused. What exactly was I looking at? One piece depicted great swaths of navy blue, striped with...
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Bunny Michael Artist Interview: All Creation in Collaboration with the Higher...
Working through a multitude of mediums, queer POC writer, musician, and artist Bunny Michael creates with an expansive, soul-filled purpose of serving one’s Higher Self. In spring 2023, they released a...
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we sense, we remember we rest, we dream: We Black, We Surreal Art Show Review
Born from a “Black Curatorial Practice” class led by University of Washington (UW) professor Jasmine Mahmoud, the interdisciplinary arts show, we sense, we remember we rest, we dream: We Black, We...
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Emily Counts Artist Interview: A Sea of Vapors Beyond Space and Time
With Sea of Vapors — Emily Counts‘ largest and most complex installation to-date — the mixed media artist presents an experience situated in a dreamstate beyond time and space. Drawing from past...
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The Multiverse of the Dreaming Mind, Pt. 1: From Cave Paintings to...
Dreaming: that thing we all do every night, whether or not we remember it, like it, or can make any sense of it. Through most of human history, dreams have played a central role in shaping daily life....
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Emily Zimmerman Curator Interview: Speaking in a Language of Embodied Space
The exhibition Songs for Ritual and Remembrance is filled with music. Installation view, Songs for Ritual and Remembrance, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania. (Credit: Emily Pothast) Upon...
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Le’Ecia Farmer Artist Interview: Space Cowrie Works Through Ancestral Energies
Space Cowrie — interdisciplinary artist Le’Ecia Farmer‘s latest exhibit on display at Seattle’s ARTS at King Street Station — is a portal that transports viewers to a place where the past, present, and...
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Black Collectivity’s To Gather Invites Black Performers and Audiences to...
What do you think of when you hear the words “to gather?” Who all is there? Where are you going? What does it feel like? Is it warm? Familiar? These are all questions that came up for dancers Symone...
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Baso Fibonacci Artist Interview: Flora, Fauna, and Fentanyl
Gouache on fentanyl-stained foils. Spend enough time in downtown Seattle, and you might just see visual artist Baso Fibonacci cruising by in his wheelchair. The long-time Seattlelite has lived,...
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