Author Archives: thesupercoda
OPEN CALL: Time Dilation and the Acoustical Orb(it)
A few weeks ago I had the honor of sharing a bill with Natura Morta, three gentlemen who are, in my humble opinion, conjuring the only sound possible, right now. Something happens when they perform. Something surpasses determinable acoustics, even … Continue reading
I hate critical aesthetics because I probably love *them* and so I have these thoughts to share about the process-based dance opera, Any Size Mirror is a Dictator (ASMIAD)
(In response (joyously, inevitably) to http://hyperallergic.com/154216/this-opera-doesnt-need-you/ ; Why Make a Piece in the First Place? & Any Size Mirror is a Dictator is a Petri Dish (FYI Any Size Mirror is a Dictator is an operatic collaboration between Panoply Performance Laboratory … Continue reading
The Apocalypse (And Resurrection) As Witnessed by a Slice of Aged New York Cheddar
Allow me to preface this piece by acknowledging the formidable writing ability of this blog’s progenitor. I must also praise the detailed chronicle of her personal implosion, and later rebirth, both having occurred within the past year. My words are … Continue reading
MANIFESTO @)!$ (2014)
You attempt to “catch up with yourself.” Which implies a series of events/set of tasks/projected fulfillment. I am not particularly interested in this Self, functional and representative. I am intrigued by Another, one seduced and consumed in/between points of interest. … Continue reading
I am accepting submissions for Album Reviews/Write UPS.
How are you doing? Are you Incarcerated? Are you comforted? Saving to buy a new Mac? I want to know what you know. I want to explain your throat and expiate as you aspirate. I want your lungs inside my … Continue reading
An Amish Family walks into an Elevator, or: How to make better Art
I am not interested in compromising, accommodating, coddling, nurturing, reciprocating, socializing, representing, conforming, comforting, consuming, commercializing, worshiping and/or otherwise marketing a single fucking thing I do. As a result of this I give birth to myself, a lot, albeit in … Continue reading
reflections after a lobotomy
I’m not sure what happened in the first 3 months. There was a lot of returning to experiences that represented important things that were already overplayed and thus were evermore. There was a desire to eliminate content. If it were … Continue reading
It’s funny, how much you see before the fact. More so funny as a result of what gets edited and how. Like memories are little pails, and we want to jump back in them but they’re hamster sized and so … Continue reading
Prophecy 2014
everyone will get everything out of their system. human sensitivity decreases relative to sugar consumption. photos of ice cream rally the internet the subcutaneous becomes mucilaginous; soft particles dominate the periphery. everyone sleeps soundly. love becomes a distant concept; will … Continue reading
I may have guzzled your hemlock.
You’ve reached the bitter end if you’re considering whether or not you should return to ranting about skin disorders and the apocalypse on a stage, in front of just enough people to warrant doing so, but not quite enough to … Continue reading