When I enter the shared studio space of Argentinian artist Hernan Vargas — who presently works out of Casa de Todas Partes, a collaborative venue in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico — I am...
Read onSpace 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 future all...
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 entering the Arthur Ross Gallery at the...
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 memories and imagined alternate...
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...
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 flying all over the world, DJing world...
On her latest EP, Nine Spells, Berlin-based Italian artist Jolanda Moletta has crafted invocations which are dedicated to nine of her female ancestors, as well as herself as a child. The vocal-only record is devoid of specific words — yet it...
REDEFINE’s annual Album Covers of the Year feature consolidates interviews from artists and musicians to highlight philosophical, thematic, and conceptual significance of great album cover artwork spanning a wide range of visual and sonic...