“Welcome! On this screen, I’ll be describing the sonic content of the music in this performance,” writes a slide of black text on a yellow background. The words project behind...
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Vee Hua 華婷婷When I first came across the work of multi-hyphenate artist and educator, elijah jamal asani, it was through film. A short film that he made for a video poetry film festival, to be exact. And what struck me immediately – before I even dove deeply...
With their third full-length record, Erospace, Portland-based electronic musician and producer Crystal Quartez — real name Crystal Cortez — offers a sonic reimagining of the definition of love. Based on years of self-reflection and...
Danish-Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel’s narrative film, To a Land Unknown, and the Sudanese documentary film Khartoum, which is directed by in multiple segments by multiple directors, both center around the immigrant refugee experience...
As the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) moves into its 51st year, it comes with a shortened screening schedule but continues to offer many notable short and feature films from all over the world. The festival takes place in-person between...
In Indigenous rock band Khu.éex”s latest single, “We Pray,” listeners may just find a remedy for hope in a time of great pain and need worldwide. With band members based in both Washington State and Alaska, the music video was...
Before I even enter the apartment of Mexican artist Amecas — real name Américo Castillo, from which his artist name is born — I am greeted at the front door by Pakal, his hairless Mexican dog. Also known in Nahuatl as a Xoloitzcuintle...
Contemporary Icelandic artists have long been exemplary in their extra-sensorial willingness to merge artistic mediums, which are often inspired by the natural beauty around them. Films documenting live concerts that are played in outdoor settings...