“My thoughts wander toward the role of pleasure and beauty in my life; how they’ve been edging out the cold familiarity of anhedonia, restriction, and isolation that once stood in their place.”
Author: spectralwp
Personal Work: Book of Shadows
“Referencing the concept of a grimoire, or witch’s book of spells, the show was based around a series of texts displayed on the gallery walls in adhesive vinyl lettering.”
Substack: Distances and Disruptions: DJing through holes in time
“The idea of music as raw, communal, sometimes half-formed and chaotic, plunged into obscurity and re-emerging after being buried long ago was ingrained in my mind from these early listening days.”
Notebook: Chris Kraus at RFA
“In 2011, I had a chance to speak with Kraus about her films, which were shown at Real Fine Arts (RIP) under the BQE on the border of industrial Greenpoint.”
Substack: Catching Up: Dropping the Vestiges
“I realized recently that I could stand to change the way that I tell stories. Lately I’ve been telling the same ones over and over again without really pausing to think of whether they’re the truth of things as I see them now.”
Client Work: Other Subjects/Killer Dentist
“I was happy to help NYC experimental publisher and curatorial project Other Subjects/Killer Dentist in the past year with some editing and transcribing work for the book Dictionary For Mayflies by filmmaker Keren Cytter, as well as an interview with performance artist Lisa Carver.”
Client Work: Noah Venezia
“In 2020 I created a new bio for New York-based designer Noah Venezia.”
Substack: Fiction (supernatural, amorphous): A lingering presence who watches and wanders
“I felt especially at home in this supernatural, amorphous character, which unmoored me a bit from the need to accurately describe or convey things that had already happened to me.”
Client Work: No Peak Hours
“I was recently approached to do some writing for Brooklyn label No Peak Hours, a relatively new imprint run by Katelyn M. that focuses on dancefloor-inspired music for all hours.”
Personal Work: Basilica Poem
“In 2021, I unearthed this poem and paired it with some ink drawings I made. The images aren’t directly related to the poem, but they portray objects and environments I use for channelling creativity.”