“Making music is like constructing a machine whose function is to dredge up emotions in performer and listener alike. Some people find this idea repulsive…they would prefer to see music […]
Ekphrasis: Punks Edition
“The desperate, innate desire to create and perform had been exploited rather than supported. It was like taking a basic human need, like wanting to love and be loved, and […]
Ekphrasis: Nature and Abstraction Edition
“Beyond these applications for communities and nations, [music]’s also a cosmic telegraph that links us to a world beyond ourselves, to an invisible real of spirits, gods, and maybe even […]
Ekphrasis: Old Phone Pictures Edition
“Experiencing music used to always be something you did with a group of other people, but now you could experience it…alone…To some, this was horrific. It was like drinking alone…” […]
Ekphrasis: Vampires Edition
“A strangeness. A ripple of unease…A sense that there was a reason to watch one’s back when shadows grew long.” – Isabel Cañas, ‘Vampires of El Norte’ Hey look, it’s […]
Ekphrasis: Sea Monsters Edition
“To know the ocean, I have always felt, is to recognize the teeth it keeps half hidden.” – Julia Armfield, ‘Our Wives Under The Sea’ Hey look, it’s the first […]
Ekphrasis: Werewolves Edition
“That’s how it is with werewolves. You have something, then you just have the story of it.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘Mongrels’ Hey look, it’s the first crop of ekphrasis […]