May 2011 | GUTFIRE! Magazine

May 2011

OÙ LES ANIMAUX DANSENT: An Interview with Yelle

OÙ LES ANIMAUX DANSENT: An Interview with Yelle

Yelle (aka Julie Budet) is French. So are Breton striped shirts. So are Nutella filled crepes. Don’t believe us? Look it up yourself in that great repository of French facts: Roget’s Thesaurus. Now sure, put all three together and you’ve got Yelle, wearing a Breton striped shirt, holding a nutella filled crepe…the fantasy of...
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THAT’S MR. DREAM TO YOU: A Cool Dozen Questions with the Band

THAT’S MR. DREAM TO YOU: A Cool Dozen Questions with the Band

Whew! More Gewurztraminer, baby? Here you go. Did the earth move for me too? You bet it did – I didn’t know pinky fingers could bend that way! Wait, you smelled cinnamon rolls too? Oh baby, you’re a dream… What? Mr. Dream? Baby, that’s my father’s name! Heh, heh, I know, that’s a good...
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Sun, Salt, and Wind: The Surf Photography of Miah Klein

A blaze of light and the haze of sky, married to water in a sport too kingly for kings – photographer Miah Klein captures the ecstatic ache of big-wave surfing in a palate born from the sea itself. And while his action shots stir and his tube angles thrill, there is a reverence in...
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Hymns, Mantras & Meditations: The Art of Meg Hitchcock

Since time immemorial, much of civilization’s most poignant art has occupied the nebulous crossroads of the sacred and the secular. New York artist Meg Hitchcock plumbs those depths one mile deeper with her inspiring collages of symmetric designs composed of holy texts. Borrowing in the most literal sense of the word from the scriptures...
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LEBENSMOMENT: A Conversation with Photographer Huma Rosentalski

LEBENSMOMENT: A Conversation with Photographer Huma Rosentalski

By Dane Huckelbridge All images courtesy of Huma Rosentalski, www.rosentalski.com According to our much-beloved but oft-neglected Wörterbuch, a Lebensmoment is a crucial juncture worthy of remembrance and celebration, one instant among many that stands exigent to define a life. GUTFIRE! was fortunate to meet up with the German photographer Huma Rosentalski on Rue du...
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ST. MATILDE’S MALADY: A Play by Kyle John Schmidt

The last time pirates, prostitutes, and pretend venereal diseases were on the agenda here at GUTFIRE! HQ, we’d all just disembarked Space Station Bacardi en route to NoPantasyLand at the company Christmas party. The spurious Disney lawsuit now behind us, we are honored to feature the inspiration for our festivities: award-winning dramatist Kyle John...
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