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Originally published between 2013 and 2017 through\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Serving\u003c\/i\u003e’s #Hashtags column, Vikram's text considers the specifics of equality and representation in the context of current events in the field of arts and culture in the United States and internationally. The columns cover a number of racially charged incidents in arts institutions during this period that received significant press attention, but little meaningful analysis. Vikram examines how arts institutions construct space and select programming in accordance with their expectations of their audience, and how a disconnect between the realities of contemporary urban demographics and the leadership at many arts institutions has led to controversy and embarrassment on numerous occasions. 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Hedva is both a wonderful writer in the school of Helene Cixous, Marina Tsvetaeva, and Clarice Lispector: and like them, a creator of spaces we didn’t know that we’re allowed.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Grant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“This text is a trouble-maker. Well, that’s not quite right. The trouble was already there, we were just trying to hang a tapestry over it, maybe shove it into the dirt of our potted plant. 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And that in the museum, is a record, in relics, of what we made, tried to make, failed to make, and what made us. Johanna Hedva’s \u003cem\u003eMinerva \u003c\/em\u003eaffirms and animates this fantasy, overlapping rapturous corporeality with the posthumous archive. It is the nomination of a life’s work of laying bare negative space by way of the nebulization of the body into a museum. (Minerva, by the way, is the goddess of everything.)”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eBrandon Shimoda\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of The Grave on the Wall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Johanna Hedva\" href=\"https:\/\/johannahedva.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eJohanna Hedva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e is a Korean-American writer, artist, musician, and astrologer, who was raised in Los Angeles by a family of witches, and now lives in LA and Berlin. They are the author of the novel, \u003ci\u003eOn Hell\u003c\/i\u003e (2018). Their work has been shown at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, Performance Space New York, the LA Architecture and Design Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art on the Moon. Hedva’s writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTriple Canopy\u003c\/i\u003e, frieze, and \u003ci\u003eThe White Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and is anthologized in the \u003ci\u003eDocuments of Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e series by Whitechapel. Their essay “Sick Woman Theory,” published in 2016 in Mask, has been translated into six languages. Their albums are \u003ci\u003eThe Sun and the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eBlack Moon Lilith in Pisces in the 4th House\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sming Sming Books + Wolfman Books","offers":[{"title":"PAPERBACK (2nd edition)","offer_id":41832878375105,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"E-BOOK","offer_id":32195116236849,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"AUDIOBOOK","offer_id":32391996932145,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"PAPERBACK (1st edition)","offer_id":32195116204081,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2789\/2198\/products\/johanna-hedva_minerva-the-miscarriage-of-the-brain_2nd-edition_1.jpg?v=1666297665"},{"product_id":"johanna-hedva-black-moon-lilith-in-pisces-in-the-4th-house","title":"Johanna Hedva: Black Moon Lilith in Pisces in the 4th House","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCMS-07 \u0026amp; SSB002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJanuary 2021, vinyl LP (clear with black smoke), cassette (smokey transparent grey\/brown), digital\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-released with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/crystallinemorphologies.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ecrystalline morphologies\u003c\/a\u003e! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP + cassette orders include digital album.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMystical doom, hag blues, confrontationally pure: \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack Moon Lilith in Pisces in the 4th House\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is a solo electric guitar and voice performance that is as much a cathartic purging of loss as it is a droned-out metal colossus that summons the holy spirit. Informed by Korean shamanist ritual and the Korean tradition of P’ansori singing (which demands rehearsal next to waterfalls, in order to ravage the vocal cords), as well as by Keiji Haino, Diamanda Galás, and Jeff Buckley, this performance—termed “intimate metal” by a fan—is a grief ritual for Hedva’s mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1. O Death (10:45)\u003cbr\u003e2. Wash (7:26)\u003cbr\u003e3. Family (3:50)\u003cbr\u003e4. Taking Is the Same as Giving (5:24)\u003cbr\u003e5. 2 Coins (Tears are what god uses to lubricate its big machine of nothing) (9:07)\u003cbr\u003e6. 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The journey the record takes you on begins with encountering death, the rage and violence that this summons; to the wash of grief, all the tears and heaving feelings that it brings; to a small, little crying-out in the dark; to, finally, not acceptance, but surrender to the annihilation of it. These stages of the story map to the songs: “O Death” is the angry encounter, a doom song that is violently bare; the washing tears is the song “Wash”; the small cries are the two ballads in the middle, “Family” and “Taking”; and then “2 Coins” and “Mary” at the end are the annihilation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMy voice and the guitar are two voices that are battling each other but also singing in a kind of desperate harmony. They keep trying to find each other in the dark. At times the guitar is ferrying me to the underworld, like the mythological ferryman Charon, and at other times, it is death itself. Both of us are demons, or are we angels. It’s also my mother, maybe. In the end, the body of the guitar is killed. I stand over it, like a preacher, and say the Hail Mary. My mother’s name was Mary. When I perform \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBlack Moon Lilith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e live, I dress either like a preacher or a gravedigger. In a line, it’s about the labor of death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWords I want for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBlack Moon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: terrifying, annihilation, cosmic darkness, the song of whales, the sound of the void, deep time. It should not be easy to listen to, both in concept and affect. It demands attention because it’s an entire world from beginning to end that eats you. It should scare you but feel good, like it’s cleaning you out. 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In \u003cem\u003etaracatá trabaja\u003c\/em\u003e, the hand drawn hornero rests on the porcelain surface along the music score, reminding one of the complexities of making a home, and of labor and its imbued ideas of meritocracy, while reclaiming pleasure, well being and dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSIDE A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Taracatá” (5:44) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"s1\"\u003eConceptualized by Jimena Sarno. 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Originally performed by Gemma Castro, Molly Pease (soprano), Vera Lugo, and Rosalie Rodriguez (alto)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eProduced by Axel Krygier. Mixed by Manuel Schaller. © 2020, Axel Krygier.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jimenasarno.com\/\" title=\"Jimena Sarno\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJimena Sarno\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a multidisciplinary artist and educator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. With a focus on spatial and sonic experience she works across a range of media including installation, sound, video, text and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions at MASS MoCA, 18th Street Arts Center, LACE, Visitor Welcome Center, Grand Central Art Center, The Museum of Latin American Art, The Mistake Room, Human Resources, PØST, UCI Contemporary Art Center, Control Room, San Diego Art Institute, The Luminary, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea de Santiago De Compostela, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Calico Gallery and Small Editions among others. A recipient of the 2015 California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists, the 2017 Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant and the 2019 Rema Hort Mann ACE Grant, Jimena Sarno is a 2019-2022 Lucas Artist Fellow in Visual Arts at Montalvo Art Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMulti-instrumentalist and composer \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5wwTGwXSRQJ1te7xnwFtEF\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAxel Krygier\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Buenos Aires in 1969, where he cut his teeth playing saxophone alongside Kevin Johansen with the group Instruccion Civica. Though sax was his first instrument, Axel attained proficiency on many instruments, including piano and flute. He demonstrated this facility when at age 18 he bought his first multi-track recorder. For the first time Axel was able to record his own compositions, and without depending on anyone else, because he played all the instruments himself. From the early to mid-'90s Axel played with the group La Portuaria, though he dedicated himself to writing and creating original repertoire throughout that time. He wrapped up his time with La Portuaria in 1996 and dedicated himself full-time to the development of his solo career. That work paid off in 1999 when he released his debut as a solo artist, entitled Echale Semilla on the Los Anos Luz label, making its way to European audiences via HiTop Records. The project was showered with praise, being called \"revelation of the year\" by several publications. Axel had composed soundtracks for films and created backing music for dance companies for many years, but had not released those works in album format before the 2003 release of Secreto y Malibú. Having spent several years in Europe, Axel returned to his native Buenos Aires in 2003, where he formed Sexteto Irreal with longtime friends Fernando Sanalea, Alejandro Terán, and Manuel Schaller, a jazz-argentino improvisational group who went on to earn much acclaim throughout Latin America and Europe. Krygier revitalized his solo career in 2007 with his third original release, Zorzal. Recorded for Los Anos Luz, the disc was once again licensed and distributed throughout Europe by HiTop Records. ~ Evan C. Gutierrez, Rovi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sming Sming Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40179880034497,"sku":"","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2789\/2198\/products\/jimena-sarno_axel-krygier_taracata-trabaja_1.png?v=1626396100"},{"product_id":"jaymee-martin-of-making-many-books-there-is-no-end","title":"Jaymee Martin: Of Making Many Books There Is No End","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-1-953189-03-5\u003cbr\u003eSeptember 2021, English, 5 x 8 in, 40 pages, b\u0026amp;w, softcover\u003cbr\u003eDesign: Jaymee Martin\u003cbr\u003eProduction: Sming Sming Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOf Making Many Books There Is No End\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eis a handwritten account of my friendship with the late Los Angeles artist Channa Horwitz, whose home\/studio I lived in as a young art student at UCLA. 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