“I enjoyed the idea of injecting my essence into something functional and semi-hidden, of subtly influencing the proceedings beneath surface perceptions.”
Author: spectralwp
“Ancestral, Elemental, and Poly-Vocal: a conversation with Gavilán Rayna Russom”
“Rather than being like, Oh, I want to make an amazing track, the coding of time has been much more what I’m interested in. At the forefront is, what am I doing with time here? How am I structuring time?”
Substack: Proximity to Power (Part 1: on moving away)
“I moved away from NYC over two years ago, a reality that was almost completely obfuscated by the sweeping global pandemic that arrived mere months after I landed in Vancouver, where I’d graduated from art school nearly a decade and a half previously.”
Personal Work: TRIPPPLLLE PETTTALLLED FLOWWWERRRSSS
“It was two extremes at the time for me: the radical presence of performance, where I was watched and acted in real time; and then the almost completely disembodied practice as a writer.”
Notebook: WORDS ARE PEOPLE – Karl Holmqvist
“I can’t look at the title of the show without hearing it echoing in my head in Holmqvist’s monotonous, lilting yet powerful tone.”
Client Work: Twenty First Gallery
“In the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of working on several writing projects for Twenty First Gallery, a contemporary decorative arts gallery in Manhattan.”
Personal Work: Dematerialize
“My fourth solo release Dematerialize differs from anything else I’ve done before. First of all, it’s credited to both of my artistic personas: Kayla Guthrie and Reliquary V.”
Client Work: Wish Lash
“To promote Wish Lash’s debut full-length, I created an album write-up as well as a new artist bio.”
Client Work: OBSKUR MUSIC
“I had the opportunity to collaborate with OBSKUR MUSIC on album write-ups for two of their releases in 2021 and 2022: SIGSALY’s Arrival and Sara Gold’s Isosafrole.”
Client Work: Steff Juniper
“In early 2020, Steff Juniper commissioned me to refresh their short artist bio for a Toronto queer art festival, Inkling Enacted Project Spotlight Series.”