So, I did this interview with a very nice guy from Bite magazine for their second issue (The Power Issue). We discuss Black, the Order of the Black Mark, the role of the Drawing Subscription in the studio and other fun stuff.
The full-screen navigation is a little funky, but you get used to it pretty quickly. Check it out!
October’s drawing for Mystical Geometries revealed!
I think a lot about this excerpt from Steven Parrino’s “The No Texts”, reprinting an interview with Lydia Lunch:
SWN: Why do you play such short sets?
LL: Less is more. That’s how I feel. Like discipline. Or punishment. You don’t need 30 minutes of my music to know what I’m talking about.
SWN: Does a 30-second instrumental say it all?
LL: Yes. It says, ‘FUCK!’ ‘CHILD!’ ‘HURT!’ ‘FUCK!’
SWN: Is the minimalism very important? There’s an absence of dynamics in the music, your words express very simple feelings. They don’t even express an opinion. Would any more compromise your opinion of the audience, which is very low?
LL: I never said that. Only that they’re secondary compared to me. I don’t think more music is needed. And that attitude is what I feel. It’s like primal therapy. I scream for you, you know. I’m up there screaming my fucking guts out. It’s for you as much as me, only I’d be…
SWN: The last to admit it.
(‘Sin, Guilt and Lunch’ interview of Lydia Lunch, The Soho Weekly News, October, 25 1979)
There are precious few creatures on this planet that understand how to move through a sonic landscape like Keiji Haino. I’ve been thinking quite a lot about reverberation lately. Ripples on the surface of water. Disruptions in the flow of space/time. This is definitely feeding the ideas becoming manifest in the 2012 series…
Among other things, this summer found me reading and re-reading some goodies like these in the studio.
Psychic Conflict? Perhaps. We’ll see…
September’s drawing for Mystical Geometries revealed!
August’s drawing for Mystical Geometries revealed!
July’s drawing for Mystical Geometries revealed!
Yes, I know, I’m lagging a bit behind on my blogging duties for this project. Rest assured, all of the drawings have made their way into the hands of subscribers thus far, and I’ll be making sure this is back up to date ASAP.
The good news is it’s been a very productive year for the studio and the Drawing Subscription has certainly played a big part of that by creating a more regimented and streamlined approach to the space. Many loose ends have found their way to completion, and lots of great studio visits have happened this year. I spent a little time engineering a new storage system and am looking forward to both filling it with new pieces and pulling works out for upcoming shows and to send pieces to collectors. I’ve been working out the concept for next year’s subscription which will open up again in November for a two-month window in which to subscribe. Mark your calendars now…
Also, now that I have an understanding of the rhythm and timing the project requires within the context of the overall studio practice, I hope to be updating this with other tertiary tidbits and teasers of the project throughout the year to make it a more dynamic experience for all of us. Therefore, this will become a part of the regular studio experience in the way the drawings are meant to afford a glimpse into a certain project. I’ll be updating with new tools, or materials, maybe talk about a new record I’ve been listening to in the studio, that sort of thing. So while I’m still learning the best way to make use of the blog format itself, I think this has been a good learning process for me to investigate and develop the system.
Much, much more is coming soon…
Vincent Como: 1x12 Drawing Subscription 