Image by Sarah Moroz Merrill Garbus, founder of the musical project tUnE-yArDs, was sporting some serious face paint when I first saw her perform. It stretched from her left eyebrow to right cheek, transforming her into a David Bowie-esque stage warrior wielding vocal gymnastics with her deep voice. She performed instrumental acrobatics in tandem, puncturing [...]
Category Archives: Interviews
WhaiWhai: The Pegleg
September 28, 2011 – 11:04 am
When I was in grade school, New York City was heralded as the world’s “melting pot,” an anthropomorphic melding of cultures. Today, word is that teachers have moved onto a “salad” analogy, arguing that while the various human ingredients harmoniously mix and mingle, they retain their separate identities. Whichever school you subscribe to, one of [...]
My R.E.M. Memories
September 22, 2011 – 3:38 pm
R.E.M. announced late yesterday that it is officially splitting up after a three-decade run as one the seminal bands in modern American music. The news of this break is sure to throw their fans into an intense memory whirlpool. I guarantee iTunes is experiencing a heavy influx of shoppers while recollections of R.E.M.’s vast oeuvre are strong today. [...]
Mirror Mirror, Interiors
July 12, 2011 – 4:04 pm
In their newest video, Interiors, Mirror Mirror cast Rumi Missabu, legendary member of the 60′s psychedelic drag troupe The Cockettes, as their hermetic heroine. Dressed in a stark black dress designed by Lauren Devine, with metallic cones extending from each of his fingers, Rumi slinks around a white abyss mouthing lyrics about reclusiveness. The effect of [...]
In Conversation with Andria Crescioni
June 27, 2011 – 10:23 am
Designer Andria Crescioni marries tradition with innovation. Describing her work as “modern interpretations of traditional silhouettes – utilizing techniques from the past to create pieces for the present,” the recent graduate of Parsons School of Design creates contemporary garments informed by traditional artisan crafts and natural materials. Fresh from the completion of her Spring/Summer collection [...]
Maria Minerva
June 22, 2011 – 7:14 pm
Maria Juur, also known as Maria Minerva has made me a curious cat, so I presented her with some questions to satisfy my growing hunger. The outcome is some gourmet soul food for you. Click “Read More” for the interview. Photos by Marek Chorzepa.
AKA Berlin
June 1, 2011 – 8:45 am
AKA is a tattoo studio, a gallery, a café, a performance space, and a foster home for all kind of artistic stray cats. According to Zitty, Berlin’s equivalent of Time Out, it’s the best shop/store/art space of 2010. Dossier was excited to sit down and talk shop with Jon John, who together with partner-in-crime Valentin [...]
Ball-Nogues
May 31, 2011 – 7:46 am
Gaston Nogues and Benjamin Ball joined forces in 2004 and formed Ball-Nogues. In 2007 they won The Museum of Modern Arts PS1 Young Architects Program Competition and recently their work became part of the permanent collection of MoMA. Ball-Nogues work embodies monumental deterioration – personal humor, contemporary scenarios and nostalgic ideals. It is simultaneously rough, urban, [...]
Rain Phoenix
February 15, 2011 – 10:46 am
I first met Rain Phoenix in the early 90’s on the set of Even Cowgirls Get The Blues in central Oregon – at the time I had been listening to a bootleg tape of her first band Aleka’s Attic. Although that bootleg tape is worn out and my boom box is no longer, I hold [...]
The Future of Money
November 24, 2010 – 4:53 pm
With America still knee-deep in the recession, and a banking industry that has long lost all trustworthiness, more people are starting to think about alternative systems of monetary exchange and trying to develop new, mainly community based, structures and platforms for the exchange of goods and ideas in general. Dossier talked to director and media [...]
