Inspiration rarely lands fully formed in my lap ready to party. Sometimes inspiration comes in fevered flashes of random images as I sleep; most of the time it comes in a slow march of real world dots and dabs that eventually add up to something grand. For Domesticated some of those dots came from the now defunct band Sleater-Kinney.
Sleater-Kinney's exploration of the tense space between the natural and human world seemed to begin at about the same time I was exploring the initial ideas behind my project. Starting with the song "Light-Rail Coyote" (inspired by the newspaper article above) and ending with the cover art for their final album The Woods and the video for "Entertain," Sleater-Kinney's choice of imagery and words helped inform the direction of my work in ways I didn't fully realize at the time.
Labels: Inspiration, Music, Video
4 Comments:
Defunct?! Christ, when did that happen? Bummer.
this is one of my favorite records. just look at my last.fm
I have mentioning inspiration and where it comes from on my blog recently as well. Several images within a series have come from inspiration across all mediums. The most recent addition to the series has been inspired by the "parable" series of books from the late Octavia Butler as it pertains to my life.
I'd be curious to see how much photography or other mediums play a part in other photographer's work.
I want to give that coyote a hug. I'm guessing it wouldn't end well but it looks like he needs one.
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