Ethnomusicologists Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena and Elizabeth McLean Macy critique the shortcomings of Balinese cultural consultation in the film Ticket to Paradise and how this perpetuates damaging global tourism industries
A Mosaic of Alternative Voices, A Movement of Artistic Conscience
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Mona Sangesland takes a personal journey through nature, indigenous literature, and climate change music to (re)claim an understanding of environmentalism in the realm of classical music-making.
Musicologist Tori Tyler engages Euseni Eugene Perkins' poem "Hey Black Child" to grapple with experiences of imposter syndrome
Ethnomusicologist Lei X Ouyang considers how informed and intentional care for Asian America(ns) within and beyond institutions can create space for communities to survive and thrive.
Collective editors Dani and Elisa talk with Cincinnati-based photographer, musician, and "arts instigator" Tina Gutierrez about creating community through empowerment, improvisation, and expression.
Writer/director Vijay M. Rajan details how working on an adaptation of The Jungle Book helped him reconcile code-switching as the material technique for the decolonization of his psychology.
The Collective community shares significant and meaningful moments in their lives as artists and artist-thinkers.
Harpist Molly O'Roark confronts the double-edged s-word "success," guiding performing artists to rethink and redefine what it means to build a successful artistic life.
Conductor Isaac Brinberg presents "Classical Revolution" as one means of reconnecting to audiences through shifts in venue, questioning the elitism of the "concert hall."
In this excursion through their multi-authored Netflix habits and personhood, writer Azlan Smith opens the door to thinking about how genres, imaginaries, and our very worldviews can be elastic.
