Upon first blush, one might pigeonhole Memphis-based artist Ashely Santinac, aka Ash León, as a rapper — but while they do rap, they find the label to be far too limiting. They are a self-described “interplanetary nonbinary...
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. And yet, many of us rarely talk about dreaming...
INHERITANCE: a complex word that encompasses a vast array of associations, feelings, memories, thoughts, cultures, and ways of being in the world. With his debut self-titled record of the same name, released on AKP Recordings, Palestinian-American...
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 Surreal emerged from discussions around...
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 light like layers of sediment. Another...
Simultaneously an idyllic dream and a raging nightmare, video artist Michelle McKay‘s latest music video for Portland musician and multimedia artist Veronica “Vern” Avola (who goes by the moniker Avola) is an unbelievable journey through...
Brooklyn-based musician John Atkinson is interested in all things energy. A long-time writer and analyst who covers clean energy and climate tech issues, Atkinson is also a prolific musician known for projects such as Aa and East Portal...
In the half-hour experimental documentary, What Shall We Do With These Buildings? (2022), two men dance atop giant pink squares, climbing on and hanging from them like monkey bars. Viewers may be surprised to learn that these squares are attached to...