Breath it in January 22, 2008
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“The Night Air” is a phrase so loaded with obscure meanings and nocturnal poetic possibilities that it’s an irresistable favorite of fictionists. We’re always typing “Night Air” into web searches and turn up all sorts of things. So we’ve decided to make a regular feature of them. Here are the first.
A Quiet Corner of the Dorms Roof, Wednesday Night
By Reno of the Turks(Reno of the Turks)
There was a sky out there, full of clouds though it might be, and he was perfectly content to sit on the roof and look up at it, letting the chill of the night air bite at his face. Reminded him that he was alive. …
Don’t Step On The Flowers - http://raspberryturk.livejournal.com/
Learning Curve (5/?)
By nytel(nytel)
When she broke through the door onto the balcony, she gulped in deep breaths of the night air as all her control unraveled. Tears obscured her vision so badly she could barely see, but somehow she found her way to the far corner of the …
Nytel - http://nytel.livejournal.com/
Some assembly required - collage podcast January 7, 2008
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As inveterate collagists, we at The Night Air are big fans of a podcast called Some Assembly Required. If you have a taste for cut’n'pastry we commend to you the weekly selection cooked up by master media chef Jon Nelson. Here’s what he says about it.
Hosted by Jon Nelson, since January of 1999, Some Assembly Required features work by a variety of artists and groups who work with bits and pieces of their media environments, giving something back to the cultural landscape from which they so enthusiastically appropriate.
The genre is young, despite examples dating as far back as 1961, when James Tenney constructed a tape collage borrowing heavily from cut-up fragments of a recording by Elvis Presley. Both provocative and surreal, this style continues to evolve and to challenge.
Since its inception in 1999, Nelson has produced over two dozen artist features, interviewing everyone from John Oswald and The Evolution Control Committee, to Christian Marclay and DJ Spooky - providing a variety of unique perspectives on the nature of this daring and creative style of expression. For a complete list of artists interviewed on Some Assembly Required (many of which are now available to download), click HERE.
