Interview
On candidly depicting a black woman’s consciousness, the contradictions of intimacy, and the joys of other art forms.
On candidly depicting a black woman’s consciousness, the contradictions of intimacy, and the joys of other art forms.
Working on the cutting-edge of science and technology.
On the life experiences that smooth our edges, writing into the unknown, and the brutality of love.
Most artists will tell you, the pieces create themselves. You’re just the vehicle or the vessel that this creativity is going through.
Two sound artists on noise, fractals, Bach, Cecil Taylor, the new 7 PM ritual, and whether we still have use for the word improvisation.
On writing about California in the 1990s, embodying our experiences, and launching a novel during a pandemic.
The artist on how her practices influence one another, who gets to be a “Renaissance man,” and the significance of DIY ethics.
Minimalist painting with a maximalist impulse.
On trying to pre-grieve, the expansiveness of the desert, and writing the book she wanted to write.
The debut writer on how vignettes became a novel, bodies as objects, and why discomfort is comfortable to read.
Making drawings of Instagram posts during COVID-19.
Trying to make the freest music possible.
For BOMB’s Oral History Project, Odita, known for his geometric paintings, recalls growing up as a refugee from the Nigerian Civil War and the influence of his father, a historian of African art.
The recent Turner bursary recipient discusses her interdisciplinary practice.
On writing a polyphonic novel, the female perspective, parenthood, and the near future.
On writing felt-sense memories, attending philosophy camp, and the ever-changing nature of language.
On the relationship between poetry and social struggle.
The writer on her new novel, looking at the spectrum of privilege, and subverting female friendship tropes.
Painting the fantasy of real life.
The writer on her new novel, creative partnerships, sex as communication, and tending to old drafts.
