Lara C Cory
, May 8th, 2021 08:16
On World Collage Day, artists including Ed Dowie, Richard Dawson, and Trevor Dunn speak to Lara C. Cory about their fondness for glue
Ed Dowie ‘Untitled’
With the complete cessation of performance, collaboration, and exhibition, the past year has had a disastrous impact on the income and creative agency of many musicians and creative practitioners, resulting in the pursuit of alternative channels. Bassist Trevor Dunn’s Instagram account became peppered with photos of collage and collected materials. He turned to the medium during the pandemic when he began hand-making covers for his Bandcamp mixtapes. “It s a way to be creative in an extremely free way,” says Dunn. “It holds none of the stigma or pressure that I put on myself as a musician, as someone who has studied and worked professionally as such for over thirty-five years. I find the whole process meditative and a bit childlike.” Inspired by the original Surrealists and in part