Art is rarely a singular process, nor is it a unilateral experience. The mechanics involved in producing art are complex and often events that lead to a body of work are set in motion well in advance. It is an intertwined and elaborate system which relies upon the inspirations and contributions of others. A practice that is repeated again and again. In this issue, that concept features heavily and is highlighted in some particularly insightful interviews.
The first with Arrow de Wilde, the frontwoman of Los Angeles punk rock icons Starcrawler. From standing in the audience at shows through to wanting to be on stage herself, the highly driven Arrow began to carve out her own career. Her ferocious stage presence and formidable energy became her trademark style and in turn, attract some of industries biggest names to cue up and request an opportunity to work with her.
Art begins early, sometimes with a well-disciplined and mapped-out trajectory and other times as a limitless, swirling brew. One that involves a revolving door of artists all imbuing a little something onto one another each and every time they bring their artistic world in contact with the worlds of other artists. The latter is something that can be said for Canadian maverick Ora Corgan. Living on an island that faces out toward to Pacific, her family home was something of an artist community. Those formative years imprinted a musical and collective passion that has guided her ever since. We delve into the life and times of Ora as she discusses her latest record that covers as wider emotional spectrum as does the forest that she walked through in order to summon and cement the thoughts and feelings that went into her new album.
A technical expression of the musical artform can be found in our feature with Josh Dawes of Melbourne act Twins Sport as he shares with us the very instruments and pedals that went into the making of his latest work. Items that were traded, transformed and road tested, all contributed to the making of his new record. All with a little help from his friends of course.
Filmmaker turned musician, New York polymath Kris Lefcoe shares with us how she made the painstaking stop motion videoclip to her new single Booked A Room. Born from the pits of the pandemic, the multi-disciplinary artist explains how one art medium blends into the next and where the similarities between differing artistic expressions overlap, and where they diverge.
In addition to all our regular features, we introduce a new segment entitled Blow by Blow which covers the life and times during their previous releases of Sydney mainstays Straight Arrows. The recollections of the times and places which surrounded their previous three albums are detailed by lead vocalist Alex Grigg and how each has fed into the making of their latest album.
So much to read and be inspired by so time to get into it.
