Gustav Metzger
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Art
Enter The Void: On Kode9 & A Brief History Of Nothing In Art
As Hyperdub head honcho, Kode9 (aka Steve Goodman), announces his new album named, about, and inspired by nothing, we take a look through some of the artistic precedents for Goodman’s minimalist inspiration, from sculpture to painting and performance
Black Sky Thinking
Sonic Sabotage: The Noisy History Of Auto-Destructive Music
Sub Pop recently issued a deluxe version of Father John Misty's album featuring a "bulging thickness" in the packaging that warped the vinyl beyond repair. But, says Robert Barry, this is just the latest in a rich history of self-destroying art
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You Can Be Anything: On Oscar Micheaux, History’s Most Prolific African American Filmmaker
Controversial yet mainstream, Oscar Micheaux is the often forgotten African-American filmmaker who paved the way for Steve McQueen, Spike Lee and Childish Gambino. Soma Ghosh guides us through Micheaux's history
Film
He Makes You Think He’s Lost When He’s Won: On Chadwick Boseman
The devastating news of the death of Chadwick Boseman, the actor whose intelligent vulnerability redefined portrayals of Black heroes for a beseiged generation, brought the world to the halt. Soma Ghosh remembers the late, great artist
