Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartanssons works are demonstrations of how thin the dividing line between happiness and sorrow can be. We talked to him about bodies in art and the symphony of life.
Tag: music
“I chose the Oprah story”
Stephin Merritt, the mastermind behind The Magnetic Fields, is not a man of many words. And yet, his new album tells the story of his entire life. A conversation about false memories, big post-its and Kate Bush.
“Of course I want to turn away from sin”
Ezra Furman is a gender-fluid rock musician and practicing Jew. To him, that’s not a paradox but an empowering identity.
“Punk has been bastardized”
Penelope Spheeris chronicled the wild days of punk and captured a movement that has become a myth to adolescents around the world. She talked to us about what is left of punk and why it was the last revolution in music.
“We accept a reality that is slowly killing us”
Moby’s newest album proclaims that “These Systems Are Failing”. We spoke with the musician about why it’s worth putting up a fight.
Landscape, in C sharp minor
This is how you turn music into color.
Linesmen
How an ancient council turned lines into borders.
Loud as Hell
A compilation of songs from deep down.
A Friend of the Devil
The story of a musical genius, made at a crossroads one night
The Devil
Lucifer has proved remarkably sticky.