ACHEL RACHEL RACHEL! What upperz!? I’m Awright! How’s Glasgow? Good, ta. These things you do, why do you do them? I am an artist working largely in digital video and print using green-screen compositing. I do these things because they are my job (sort of) and I like to do them. Do you have a green screen at the crib or what though? I’ve got a bit of green material hangin g from a wall in my spare room—which is pretty low tec h—but when that doesn’t work, I hire a studio. On top of MUA, set and costume des ign, you’ve single handedly managed to monopolize all parts played in your work—isn’t that outright self-ish of you? I’m probably a bit of a control freak, aye. I like the idea of exploring different identities and cre ating hermetically sealed worlds that are made up of an entirely illusionary recombination of versions of mysel f. Selfishness and an obsession with individual identity are a powerful force in capitalist society, so I think it’s an interesting thing to explore. Although saying that, I don ’t work entirely on my own. Recently, I’ve been produc ing films with small crews of people in production, post-p roduction and au-
dio—which is way more fun and interesting than sitting at a computer by myself. When you come out of character, what com es out? False teeth. What is the one thing that most people don ’t know about you that they’d be shocked to find out? I don’t know. However, I have something that most people don’t know about me and would be bored to find out: I come from a place called Dollar, like the currency, but in this case coming from a word borrowed from British or Pictish into Gaelic, meaning “water-meadow ”. The major attraction in Dollar is Castle Campbell, a 500 year old building which was the lowland seat of the Duk e of Argyll and where Mary, Queen of Scots lived for a bit in the 16th century. The postcode district for Dollar is FK14 and it belongs to the county of Clackmannanshire, oft refe rred to as “the wee county” because it is Scotland’s smallest historic county. Pretty much… How does your absorption of pop-culture manifest itself through your work? I always use found audio from TV and film , which I edit together to form an abstract script and then mime to on shoot. In this sense my work is not only inspired by, but makes a direct reference to pop-culture. I am interest ed in the way that recontextualizing popular culture in this way can expose the absurd and surreal aspects of wha t we otherwise take for granted. Dare Iz a Darkside? Of course. I like to toe a fine line between a saccharine, over-saturated, kids TV aesthetic and mor e disturbingly dark and grotesque themes. Does anything scare you more than our shape-shifting-reptilian-over-lords?
No. They sound reasonably scary. What do you really truly for realzies believe in? Unicorns. How do you differentiate fantasy vs. reality? I usually don’t. I think that our sense of what is real is constantly influenced by the imaginary, fantasy pasts and futures that haunt our sense of self and cultural identity. How do you start your day? I usually eat a bowl of Wheetabix. I don’t think you have them in the US. Or at least I spent six-months living in Boston having to substitute my Weetabix addiction for other, less satisfactory wheat-based breakfast foods. …Finish it? Sometimes I also have a bowl of Wheetabix—seems like a reasonable way to bookend the day. Was art school kewl? Great. I went to Edinburgh College of Art and did drawing and painting. I spent the first couple of years mainly doing painting and sculpture, but in my 3rd year discovered green-screen video, which was pretty exciting. It sud-
denly seemed possible to bring the ideas and aesthetic I was working with already into an animated space. Who are you trying to reach? Depends what I’m doing. I’d like my work to function on different levels, so that it communicates to different people in different ways. I’m not sure if it does, but I’d like it to. Recently, I’ve been making quite a bit of work related to Scottish Independence and the United Kingdom, so that’s got a very specific context within a larger national debate. However, other recent work, such as Lolcats, is more of a response to online culture and the placeless realm of the Internet—so I’d like to think that has a more diverse and less specific audience. Is your best ever just not good enough? Usually, yes. I’m quite
good at noticing the rubbish bits in my work. Are there any products you simply can’t live w/o? Wheetabix. How do you throw your voices like that? It might have something to do with all the Wheetabix I’m eating. Has anyone ever told you that you sound just like Will.I.Am? Why thank you. Who was your fav Backstreet Boy? I’m pretty certain I’ve never liked any of them. Although AJ and I share a second name, so maybe he’s my favourite. Right… Have you ever had a nervous breakdown? Not yet… How much fun is it to make fun of stuff? Not as fun as it looks. The last shoot I did involved dressing up and performing an energetic dance routine in a giant “germ” costume, constructed from the contents of three double duvets. I became concerned that I’d collapse from heat exhaustion, so I had to aim a fan at my face in five-minute intervals—it was a reasonably grueling experience. Do you believe in leprechauns too? Of course. Scotland’s swarming with them. What are the things dreams are made of?
Wheetabix. Would you like to go out on a date? [laughs] Interview sleazing—this is new. But, I’ve got a boyfriend, sorry. Do you have any upcoming shows or exhibitions? Yes. I received the Margaret Tait Award this year and have a screening at Glasgow Film Festival in February ‘14 of the work I’m producing for that. I’m also doing a solo show at Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow next sum mer and am participating in group shows at Rowing Gallery, London and Lab Gallery, Dublin, as well as being part of a touring programme for the Film London Jarman Award. Are you doing what you love? Hopefully. Any shout-outs? Hi Mum (although she’s unlikely to read this)!
LEX ALEX ALEX! How’s KC!? It’s cool. I’m thinking about moving, though. So word—thirty-four selected publications and seventeen selected exhibits—what are you currently working on right now today? Today, I’m working on a new Blobby Boys zine. I’ve got a big Blobby Boys book that just came out in September from Koyama Press, so I’m making a zine to sell at the book signings. What’s up w/ the name Zine Police? Aren’t police bad—or something? A few years ago, my friends were all into Cheap Trick and they have a song called “Dream Police”—so, it’s like that. Is there really a Cyber Surfer game and if so, where is that joint B!? There is seriously a Cyber Surfer video game. It’s a real game that you can play! It’s here: http://spacefacebooks.com/game/index.html What came first, the gif or the comic book? You mean Cyber Surfer? It was a comic first. I’ve always had trouble sleeping and last year I was taking this drug, Ambien. It wasn’t really helping me sleep, so I was taking huge doses and it gives you the most killer hangovers imaginable. I took it for like six months and I seriously thought I was going to die. So I made up this character, “Cyber Surfer”, that was killing himself—he tries to drown himself, then later, he rips his face off. Anyway, I switched to Lunesta and now I’m feeling wayyy better. I’m never drawing that character again. I ended the story in this zine, Cyber Surfer #1—and he just makes a cameo in the sequel, Cyber Surfer #2. So these things are just a natural progression
of who you are as an individual person, man? I think most art is like that... [laughs] Killer Driller is fucking awesome! When’s the next episode gonna drop? I think it’s going to be on TV soon. I don’t really know! How much time, effort and energy go into making a cartoon? An animated cartoon? I worked on that two-minute Killer Driller short for like three or four months. Most of that time was working with the producer on the script and then I spent a month drawing all of the characters and backgrounds nonstop. I did all the designs myself—which, I guess, isn’t the way it normally works. Is Mandy Keller a real-life-human being? I asked my girlfriend to tell me some names of the girls she went to high school with and that was one of them. Does any of this/that come as a result of pent-up angst and aggression toward past
GFs? No way! That script was really collaborative—so I don’t know how much you can read into it. The original idea came from an interview with David Cronenberg. He mentioned this list of movies—they were called “Video Nasties”— that were banned. They couldn’t be released on VHS because they were too explicit or something. One of the movies was called Driller Killer. When I saw the trailer, it was nothing like what I had imagined. So I was trying to make the trailer for this imaginary, super-crude movie. We definitely took it too far though, because FOX cut about thirty seconds— some of the best jokes got cut. Who’s your favorite Blobby Boy? In the comics, Max is my favorite,
because he’s, like, naïve. You can put him in any situation. But I’m working on the pilot for a Blobby Boys animated TV series and Adrian is definitely the star—he’s a really likeable jerk. Which one definitely isn’t you? They’re all me. I’ll trade you my ’89 Fleer, Bill Ripken “Fuck Off” bat card for your ’13 Blobby Boys, Adrian Card… Cool (I actually just met Cal Ripken on a plane and he dissed me saying he wasn’t Cal and he gets that a lot— but come on breh, how many 6’4” 250lb brehs be looking like that Cal/breh!? I still shook his hand though… Mr. Reliable.)? I don’t want that stupid Cal Ripken card. Big Fred Davis came through w/ the sitcom soundtrack—where you guys taking us next? I spent a long time thinking about what the music would sound like in a Blobby Boys TV show. I mean, they’re in a punk band, so the natural thing would be, like, Nobunny or Hunx and His Punx. But then I found Fred Davis’ website... He was a computer engineer in the 90s and I guess he made a bunch of music in his spare time. His website says that all the music was made specifically for transitions during PowerPoint presentations. He was unconsciously making the greatest sitcom music of all time. It’s totally perfect. I’ve tried to get in touch with him, but I think he might be dead. His website says that the music is “openware” and he encourages people to use it, as long as they give him credit. I’ve also been in touch with the noise
band Black Dice and they’re supposed to let us use some of their music in this new Blobby Boys pilot. So there’s two levels of music going on—Fred Davis’ music and then, within the world itself, all you hear is Black Dice coming out of TVs and stuff. When the Blobby Boys are jamming in their garage, it’s going to be this screeching noise music. Sparkle and shimmer and shine on full-blast—but
what’s cracking with some motherfucking explosions though!? I blow some stuff up. There’s an explosion at the end of Blobby Boys - Dinosaur Island. It’s an eye-popping helicopter explosion—like something from your wildest dreams. There’s an awful lot of violence in your work, shouldn’t we be concerned? I don’t know—maybe? Who’re you trying to reach
the mostest? I think most of the people who read my comics are in high school or art school. Do you have any upcoming shows or exhibitions? Yeah, I have a solo show at Secret Headquarters in LA on October 4th. Are you doing what you love? Yeah. Any shout-outs? Fred Davis.
PTIMUS OPTIMUS OPTIMUS! ‘Sup dawg!? Salutations! How’s wherever the hell you are in NC? Carrboro. Yeah, it’s pretty cool—bunch of pseudohippies out here though. What’s popping off w/ No9to5 Music? Everybody is working on their own thing right now, tryna build up their own respective brands. When’d you start rhyming? I used to write poems back in elementary school. I actually won a contest to be published in a book of poems. What are Third-Eye Boogers and do I have any!? Third-Eye Boogers are any beliefs that one may hold that keep them from seeing or achieving their full potential in this life. There are too many to mention, but a few would be: Believing that words have any meaning in and of themselves (only with intent and motive do they gain any true weight). Believing that there’s any one “true” religion. Believing that the meaning of life is to get a job and acquire material things. Believing that at any point in time you cannot better yourself or start again. The “Toon Logic” video was fucking fresh! What are you currently working on? Just experimenting. Trying to find out new ways to do things and just really find out what people might like and ultimately what I like in the process. What’s she currently twerking on? The wood, real good, like she should. Have you ever even rented a video? Breh, that used to be the highlight of my Friday evenings after school. My mom would take me to the local video store and she would let me get a video and a game. I did that for like ten years of my life. Do you really have a bear head? [laughs] That’s actually my homie’s bear head—he won’t let me have it. The unicorn head is officially mine because my other friend had a roommate from London here on exchange and he left it… So I took it. He also left a hat that’s kinda similar to the one Indian Jones wears. *hint hint* Why you gotsta fight unicorns for—can’t we all get along? No, unicorns are evil and must be destroyed. Dolphins too. With their freely-swimming-around asses—as I’m slaving away for a paycheck. How about that Beelzebub joker, cuz that’s “Real Deal Holyfield”.
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AULI SAULI SAULI! How are you my friend!? I’m doing fine, I’m in love and beloved—nothing to complain about. I hope you are doing fine as well. I am, thanks. What’s new in Helsinki? Right now, there are a lot of new things going on in my life—I don’t know where to start. Maybe the following questions will have some more specific topics... When did photography make its way into your life? I think photography and graffiti both came into my life simultaneously—it almost happened overnight. I was fourteen at the time and I got a crappy pocket camera. At some point along the way, I turned the camera away from graffiti and started shooting my friends. How has photography helped to make you a better person? Good question. At times I’ve felt like I’m shitty person with my lifestyle (always on the go and never around my family). My pictures are made on the road, so I really have traveled a lot. Overall, I think my travels have given me a realistic perspective on life. I don’t complain that much anymore. What are you trying to show others that they typically won’t see? My style of shooting is much like a game or a hunt. First, I might go some place interesting without my camera equipment—I
a person, want people to know me first as The more not as an artist or photographer. excited I difficult the situation, the more ed in sitget. Maybe that’s how I get involv ically see uations that people would not typ in photographs. graphy is an Is it safe to say that your photo and your accurate representation of you life? that a sinYes. But you have to remember tiny fracgle photograph only captures a metimes, tion of what is really going on. So to live the I leave my camera at home just moments inside my head. ent as an Has school helped your developm artist? The most Actually, it has helped me a lot. et other important thing in school is to me ists—get art students and established art as and insome criticism and exchange ide art world formation. If you try to reach the
difficult without an education, it might be and you to know how to handle criticism head r might find yourself banging you against the wall. else would If it weren’t photography, what it be? e of guy— I’m kind of a “Jack London” typ chanic, a I’ve worked as a sailor, a car me the list florist, a construction painter and be happy goes on and on... I think I would ment, I doing almost anything. At this mo the table can pay my rent and get food on myself to with photography, so I consider be lucky. you are What’s made you into the person today? end and My family (of course), my girlfri takes mis friends—all my successes and ng the have also been good teachers alo way. e chosen Why did you choose what you hav
here for your feature? The questions started with photography, so I wan ted to stick with the plan. Nowadays, I’m mostly working with moving image and I thought it would be nice to show how it all started. The feature has some old pictures and some fresh ones as well, all photographed over the last ten years. What’s happening over at SIC gallery? SIC is a non-profit collaboration of nine artists in Helsinki. The space was built in ‘12 and we have all had our own solo exhibitions. Since last May, we have been curating other shows. We have also worked abroad and collabora ted with similar galleries. Our next show will be from Finnish artist, Heli Vehkaperä, on October 19th. How’d that all (SIC Gallery) come about? Some of us were friends beforehand and some of us had been involved in the same exhibitions, but the main idea was to create an alternative artist run space. It’s also important to note that we built it ourselves in the attic of an old warehouse—the space itself is definitely
different compared to other galleries in Helsinki. What’s your role there? My role is to be a solid board memb er and keep the gallery running. How was your exhibit at Malmö Kon sthall? It was really an amazing experience . It’s one of the most beautiful art spaces throug hout the Nordic countries. It was also nice to see how artists from SIC work together and how our space has come up. What’s you favorite thing to talk abo ut? Where to travel to next… I’m so eag er to see new places! What’s never spoken? I’m afraid of my own blood, so I don ’t want to hear a word about any medical conditi on—just a single day or hour in the hospital is a nightmare for me. How do you fit in the art world? The concept of an “art world” is wid e, but if we are talking about Finland, I fit here per fectly. People are definitely interested in SIC , so maybe there’s been some need for it. Do you feel like an insider or an outsid er? I feel like an in-between-er. My first shows were mostly abroad—I think it was becaus e my stuff was kind of strange in Finland. Now adays, it’s more understandable. How’d you catch up with those fine folks for your Never Going Home series? We met in Helsinki in ‘08 and ever sin ce then, we have been good friends. How important is freedom to you? It’s important, of course. There are places were freedom is not a certain thing. Here in Finland you have the possibility to express yourself freely. On the other side of the boarde r, in Russia for example, freedom of speech and sexuality is not that self-evident. What about cell phone quality video captivated your attention and brought about Beh ind the Black Curtains?
The idea came up while I was having a beer at my friends place—there were some hazy guys that had been using burners (prepaid-phones) and we were discussing the preexisting material on the phones (random video clips, photos, text messages etc.). The phones had been bought from flea markets around Helsinki and their previous owners had not erased the files. A couple of weeks later, I came up with the idea of finding these phones from flea markets and using the found files for my work. So I collected my materials and wound up editing one solid video clip utilizing two different phones. Where can we check some of the footy? I hope the work will be exhibited again as soon as possible. I will let you know. Hasn’t homie w/ the speckled black hands ever heard of gloves though!? Like Madonna said, “Italians do it better.” They don’t wear gloves… What have you got in store for us next? There are a couple of things coming up. First, I’m directing a documentary—unfortunately I can’t tell you anymore at this moment. Will you let me crash on your couch/floor when I come to Finland? Yes, my girlfriend and I just bought a brand new sofa. You should be quick though, before my bum friends trash it completely! I hope we at least have a floor when you arrive… Do you have any upcoming shows or exhibitions? Right now, I have a show with SIC and KOMPLOT artists at KOMPLOT gallery, Belgium. My next show starts soon at Vantaa Art Museum, Finland. Are you doing what you love? Every night, all night long. What’s next? Winter is coming. Any shout-outs? Family and all the people who are involved in my artwork.
OMINIQUE DOMINIQUE DOMINIQUE! What’s up gorgeous!? Hi!!! Sorry for the delay!!! I’m back home from a long journey with a sea-ho, a horseshoe and a Miami Vice Princess. How’s Montreal? Montreal is sexy in the summer and then hides under a bearskin during the winter. I haven’t been there much this summer, so I missed all the sexiness. Do you have any suggestions where I can paste some paper in hotter spots of the world? Vegas! Everything you touch, after you’re finished touching it, exudes color, life and excitement—how’d you get your start? I’m color-adSo, what percent is dicted. Every day I found vs. custom exercise my eyes by watching colscreen printed greator charts—this is how I wake up. I have four ness? sticks in my retina, gotta keep them in shape. It’s a 100%-cusWhen I will be dying, I want my loved ones to tom-screen-printshow me samples of colors. My grave will be ed-mania! I have my rainbow. own printmaking Do you go in w/ a definite design direction or studio in Montreal. is it an all-out-fucking-free-for-all? I draw my own patFor shows in galleries, I bring two thousand terns or work with sheets of printed-paper, lay them on the floo r Photoshop, Google and improvise on site. When I wrap buildings , and screen cap stuff. I have things really tightly planned, because I I mostly print everything work with a team of people that need to know by myself, but for big buildings I have assistheir exact job. These projects are very extance. pensive, so I need to be really well organized. What kind of installation times are we talking How do you manage such wonderful materi‘bout here? als? For an installation like Xtravaganza, it took It just happens. six days @ fourteen hours a day, two cherry
pickers, three assistants, 50lbs of glue and Cordyceps. Does your work ever make heads just wanna dance (or grab a bite to eat (I know I do—I’m starving right now))? There is a lot about music in my work! I have been in a band named Les Georges Leningrad for seven years, so rhythm is really a part of my work. I just like to throw a lot of information at peopl e and see how they deal with it! Just like giving them a magical fist fuck in the eyes.
You killed it w/ the Xtravaganza installation! How’d that come about? Montreal’s gay village gave me carte blanche to do anything on Sainte-Catherine Street, which is one major artery of Montreal. I chose the subway station and this gay sauna to paste on. Xtravaganza was about showing your colors with pride. How’d it go down? Scraping, rubbing,
pressure washing. How awesomely was it received? It was a blast! But it didn’t last long! It rained three times more than usual—it fell apart. It was sad, but these things happen... Where’d you get the lift!? I rented it. Took my certification class last April—I can operate a 125ft cherry picker now. Wanna ride? Yep! I’ve always dreamt of getting one of those, getting all decked out in some sorta worker regalia and getting some of those really hard to reach spots… Did you get any really hard to reach spots?
I can reach anything with my mind. Who’s crib would be your dream job? Versace. What’s your crib really looking like? Taj Mahal 2.0: pink marble, black and white Peanuts wallpaper, a bat, a King Tut statue, Moroccan stuff, Jeane Fabb and a naked woman in a forest of Echo Cactus, Marsupilami prints and two Chihuahuas. Who would win in a fight, pizza vs. hamburgers vs. hot dogs? P.I.Z.Z.A., because
there is no such thing as the Olsen Twins’, “Gimme Pizza” song, slowed down version. Speaking of hot dogs, how’re you little hot dogs? My Chihuahuas are stars! They now do contemporary dance with Boa Constrictors! Can’t wait to have their paw prints next to Miss Piggy’s on Hollywood Boulevard! When you get to the top of it all, do you win a giant hot dog in the sky or is that just a consolation prize? No kidding! Consolation prize! I feel like Bruce Lee on that cherry picker! I used to not be able to go up a ladder a year ago because of vertigo. I had to look at me straight in the eyes and tell me, “Girl, you wanna do this art? No one else is going to do it for you.”
When ur being a bad grrrl, what is it you do do? I drink Sparks and grab a pair of scissors. Why no ruff stuff? I have a hard time picturing an octopuss doing ruff stuff. Can you ever really really rreeaallyy have too much anything? No. I’m an Aries fire dragon. So yeah, I’ve scoped this lil’ poo pooping up every now and again… How does this particular piece of poo pertain to today’s standards of living and people’s place in the whole wide world as a whole enchilada plate? It’s my signature. It naturally became a part of my installations as people were going to see my shows and asking, “Where’s the poo?” Then, I
did a piece on a bank and they were doing meetings if they should censor it or not? At that moment I decided it was my signature so no one could argue on it. Could you email me some frites and sauce from Orange Julip and a smoked meat sandwich from Snowdon, por favor? I can print you some next week! Do you have any upcoming shows or exhibitions? A million shows: London, Montreal, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Montpellier. Are you doing what you love? I’m so in love with what I’m doing these days—I meet people and we do over-thetop stuff. I’m a strong fearless lady after all I have been through. Rainbow ninja.
What’s next? Pasting with Boa Constrictors. Any shout-outs? I’d like to give a shout-out to my dream team of assistants, Chloe, Jon and Shawn— they’re just the most awesome people to work with. And to my mom/friend/mentor, Bonnie Baxter.
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references, influences, styles of raps, beats, etc. Jonathan and Bill met in ‘00 and their interest and taste in noise and experimental music developed simultaneously. They are very quick at creating sounds and have similar and complementary working methods. Jonathan’s history of working in film and television music (where “time is of the essence”) has streamlined both his studio layout and his organizational methods, which allows Clipping to accomplish recording goals quickly, while still retaining the freedom to experiment. What level of emphasis is placed on experimentation/ development when recording new material? Level four! How are you guys gonna further blur the lines between musical “genres” in your next release? We don’t understand the question. We make rap music. Have you each curated unique individual personas through Clipping? Not so much... Are you really “bout dat life”? Yes. Could I get Daveed to wear a pair of oversized super-sun-g’s for a show? Oh, *you’re* the one who’s been getting him to do that?? Are you doing what you love? Yes, we can still find time to do what we love. What’s next? New album next year—EU tour now—exclusive 10” vinyl tour-EP for sale only at shows. Any shout-outs? http://itsclippingbitch.com