Smith/Stewart
Smith/Stewart
Smith/Stewart set up allegorical situations over which they often have little to no control, but which instigate explorations of dependence and trust, the body, sex and death.
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Smith/Stewart set up allegorical situations over which they often have little to no control, but which instigate explorations of dependence and trust, the body, sex and death.
A chat with Eugene Thacker. Can we rethink the world as unthinkable, and without us?
Ex-Decaer Pinga and CKDH rodeo queens; regular ladynoise hoedown gets gatecrashed by sonic chunder-huffing remedial clatter boys.
How do people both inside and outside of prison work together to dismantle the criminal justice system and build a society based on collective care?
How can we imagine bodies not as an end in themselves, but as a medium through which we can become one another’s means?
A dense, hard, immersive, chaotic spatial performance in sound: a momentary gap in consciousness, free of order or decision.
Solo performance on bass clarinet, jaw harp & voice by Arrington De Dionyso.
Performances at Anthology Film Archives by by Loren Mazzacane Connors, Alan Licht & Jandek.
A recording session for BBC Radio Scotland under the M74 ‘Ski Jump’ extension ramp, a secion of motorway that doesn’t go anywhere, one of several such structures that populate the motorway system in the centre of Glasgow.
An audio/ video, lecture/ performance exploring the queer and companionly inter-activity of human-animal relations.
The Tower performance at KYTN throws into that mix the 70’s fluxus light shows and films of Jeff Perkins and other filmic interventions tuned to their unique frequency.
With lo-fi dreams and high-def humor, Bande brings MC vibes to the day. Interluding music with spoken performance, the live extimacy of Bande’s presence reaches out via emo-techno-bridges.