March, 2013

Shorts : What Makes a Tree Fall

* The breaths, when they came, were much shorter now. They were growing painful. With the echoing crunch of each footfall onto the leafy pathway, her lungs gasped and sputtered. Every breath was less efficient than the last; the air was harder, colder, and heavier so that as she ran…

Spotlight : Vanessa Anglade

* This series grew under the umbrella theme of the “extreme.” Vanessa Anglade narrows her focus with this body of work to explore violence and social taboos. The first of the series, titled “Yours Truly,” touches on several points: abusive relationships, the stereotyping of interracial relationship, and what it means…

Spotlight : Blasé presents “Bad Wake Up”

* Blasé dropped a bomb on the East Coast this past Sunday with the album Bad Wake Up. Influenced by artists like DJ Premier and that boom bap era, the tracks’ beats drum, and scratch, and screech into a fresh sound with a slight touch of French house, which everyone…