Vee Hua 華婷婷Drawing upon a musical practice that is deeply rooted in her sense of embodiment and spiritual understanding of the world, Japanese vocal musician Hatis Noit ハチスノイト uses voice as her primary instrument. Her latest record, Aura, was released in...
By the time I enter the spacious warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, Danish-Kenyan movement artist Phyllis Akinyi has already begun her performance. I hear her before I see her. A repeating loop plays overhead, with an off-kilter rhythm and the...
Emerging from Grand Soleil‘s aptly titled 2021 album, Human Error, the music video for “Round Round Round” uses raises ecological consciousness through a dreamy sci-fi frame. The music video is a work of art which personifies the...
“By courageously looking, we defiantly declared: ‘Not only will I stare. I want my look to change reality.'” – bell hooks Launched in February 2021, Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities is a short film distribution and...
Troy MicheauPortland-based producer and musician Natasha Kmeto's third full-length record, 2020’s you’ve never danced alone, is a lighthouse for those who are lost, lonely and stressed on their journey, offering an alchemical perspective of empowerment that...
Hailing itself as Slamdance Film Festival’s “largest and most accessible festival yet,” Slamdance 2021 runs virtually from February 12th through 15th, and can be accessed with an impressively cheap $10 festival pass. With its long...
Written and compiled by Brooklyn-based artist, sound healing therapist, and meditation teacher Lavender Suarez, Transcendent Waves is a delightfully experimental new book which pays homage to the creative power of deep listening and the potential...
We’ve finally made it to the bitter end of 2020, and believe it or not, human beings are still making amazing art in the midst of crisis and a pandemic. After a five-year hiatus, our Album Covers of the Year feature is back with a deep dive of...