SERVING THE PEOPLE INTRODUCES PHOENIX CHAPTER ︎MEET CIERRA SOL: OWNER OF 11 ANGELS NAIL STUDIO ︎ SONIDDDO DEBUTS AT CLUB CONTACT ︎

FEATURES

Cierra Sol’s 11 Angels Studio Is A Love Letter to Art, Women and Healing

Interview with Cierra Sol, Photos and Interview by Anitah Imani
We chat with artist, nail tech and business owner Cierra Sol about her upcoming city project, what it’s like running a business centered around women, and how to remain spiritually grounded through it all.

Electric Wind

Interview with clarinet musician Jessie Demaree (Yessi)
Words by Ellier English
Clarinet musician Jessie Demaree chats with us about how it feels to make music, what feelings drive us to do so and where experimental inspiration is found.

Serving The People Introduces Phoenix Chapter

Words by Destiny Montoya
Serving The People, a non-profit organization that hosts weekly in-person discussions for artists, will introduce a Phoenix chapter this July.

SONIDDDO DEBUTS AT CLUB CONTACT

Interviews with C75525, Robertitx, Veldts Song, Spiritoros, Dj Kill The Dj,and IRA.IRL
Words and Photos by Ellier English and Anitah Imani
We caught up with the DJ’s apart of the first installment of SONIDDO, a MDE (music dancing event) curated by Arizona DJ C75525.

FASHION

SEEKING SANCTUARY AT BELLA PIETRO ︎ DESTROYER OF WORLDS NYFW 25︎ NYFW, GOTH COUTURE, AND WIRED HEADPHONES?...SAY LESS ︎

SEEKING SANCTUARY at Bella Pietro

Words by Lily Moskowitz, Images by Kaden Bard Dawson
For her third showing at NYFW, Bella Pietro presents Diaghilev – and it’s her most decadent collection.

FABRIC OF TIME WITH VELMA VINTAGE

Words by Lily Moskowitz, Images by Kaden Bard Dawson
Unraveling the history of the shop once home to Williamsburg’s first art gallery, a burlesque trapeze duo, and Keith Haring’s ghost.

Destroyer of Worlds NYFW 25

Words by Lily Moskowitz, Images by Kaden Bard Dawson
DESTROYER OF WORLDS debuts at New York Fashion Week with an alien invasion, irreverent Americana, and an unmatched camp sensibility.

NYFW, Goth Couture, and Wired Headphones?...SAY LESS

Words by Danielle Gadus, Images by Kaden Bard Dawson
New York based model, Riley Woodell has cemented herself as a NYFW fixture whose reputation precedes her. Rather than slowing down to sit for an interview, we caught up with her on the fly as she traveled here, there, and everywhere from castings → fittings → presentations → runways during New York Fashion Week.

WE DANCED AT PALABRA SESSIONS 04 WITH EMMA DJ ︎ VIVAPHX MUSIC FESTIVAL RETURNS AFTER A 7 YEAR HAITUS︎ TUNING INTO THE PALABRA SESSIONS ︎

MUSIC

WE DANCED AT PALABRA SESSIONS 004 WITH EMMA DJ
Photos by Casey Stewart and Justine Lavilla
ENVY went out to dance with Parisian DJ Emma DJ and Parker Correy at Palabra Sessions 004. The venue and halls filled with heavy vibrations that made the roof feel as if it trembled along with every breath and peaking moments of dancing and camaraderie. Did we see each other there?

ARTÍCULO DE SONIDO (ARTICLE OF SOUND) & INTERVIEW W SAUL MILLAN

Words by Marc Basil
El artículo de sonido investiga el estado de la música moderno y las salidas creativas usada para progresar en la musicalidad como un sustancia y la máxima expresión de arte.

Saul Millan, artista basado en Phoenix se une a nosotros en conversación para expresar su intuición musical y revelar las intersecciones entre la música, entorno, arte, y el sonido percibido. También compartimos un recuento de la presentación de “Stereolith V.1” y su programa más reciente que ocurrió en Sonora, México.

Artículo de Sonido (Article of Sound), investigates the state of modern music and the creative outlets used to progress musicality as a substance and highest form of art.

Phoenix-based artist, Saul Millan joins us in a conversation to express musical insight and reveal the intersections between music, environment, art, and the perceived sound.

We also share a recounting of the unveiling of “Stereolith V.1” and Millan’s most recent show in Sonora, Mexico.

VIVAPHX RETURNS
Words by Jacob Heinkel, Images by Anitah Imani and Ellier English
VIVAPHX returns after a 7 year haitus with intimate soundscapes in the desert.

TUNING IN TO THE PALABRA SESSIONS
Words by Anitah Imani
Palabra hosts music duo, nudo, for their first Arizona performance at the Palabra Sessions: Palabra’s new music series cultivating new, unique sonic environments to experience music across diverse genres in the heart of downtown Phoenix.

ART

EXPERIENCE THE TOWN OF SONOYORK: HEARTLOCK’S MEXICO ︎ SWAN GIRL PHOTO DIARY︎ FOR THE LOVE OF LA RAZA: A PHOTO SERIES ︎

SoNoYorK: Heartlock’s Mexico

Interview with Valence Heartlock
Photographer and filmmaker Valence Heartlock’s new show, SonoYork, breathe’s a new visual perspective into his hometown Sonoyta, a small Mexico border town.

FORCED PERSPECTIVE

By Noah Cousineau
Graphic designer Noah Cousineau discusses the omnipresent force of brands through his exhibition “Forced Perspective.”

SWAN GIRL PHOTO DIARY: APRIL

By Autumn Giselle Kidd
From the Roman catacombs to Palestinian mutual aid, Autumn Kidd extends the interiority of visual journaling to a new level.

FOR THE LOVE OF LA RAZA

Photos by Jesus Lopez
A collabrative photo series by local Phoenix arists dedicated to Chicano, Cholo and lowrider culture.

IN TEXT CITATIONS︎THE EVOLUTION OF THE “IT GIRL” ︎ SWAN GIRL PHOTO DIARY ︎HAVE A HAPPY HORNY DAY ︎

BLOG

IN TEXT CITATIONS
by Lily Moskowitz
A mini-narrative of visual poetry.

FASCINATION AND THE TEENAGE DREAM

Words by Destiny Montoya
We all try to live in the world’s we build for ourselves in our heads. Our dreams are our realities and our fantasies are what keeps us dreaming. You are my dream, and I am fascinated by you. I find myself by looking through you, then writing it down. These poems are an insight into my teenage heart and all that was chosen to fill it, break it, and pick it back up again. Chosen by the dream, I invite you inside dear reader. - anaya elise spears.

The Evolution of the “It Girl”

By Nina Dagaev
Taking a look at the rise and evolution of the "It Girl" and whether their cultural influence is waning.

HAVE A HAPPY HORNY DAY

Images by Saint Sissy, Interview with HauteFagg
Here’s to wrapping up BRAT summer and welcoming FREAK fall!
As Christopher Sherman would say, have a happy horny day!