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Oliver Coates – skins n slime (Review)
Warning: This review references sexual assault and explores themes some readers may find unsettling. When celluloid film gets jammed inside a malfunctioning projector, the intense light required to project images onto a screen causes the film to burn up. The… Continue reading
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Encounters: Pop by Gas
Inspired by the writings of Elizabeth Smart. Above, nothing but blue, stretching through the brief sweep of my closed-in vision. One faint wisp of white drifts into the frame. Below, green leaves soaked in light quiver on the wind’s faint… Continue reading
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Emily A. Sprague – Water Memory (Review)
Emily A. Sprague is a modular synthesist and sound designer who, as a solo artist, is known for creating impressionistic soundscapes that evoke the natural world. Over the past few years, Sprague – also known for her work as guitarist… Continue reading
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Encounters: William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops
It was mid-summer, and the evening sky was a deep cerulean blue despite the late hour. From the living room of my old Glasgow flat, I looked down on the Maryhill Road as it ran towards St George’s Cross subway… Continue reading
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