Interviews
GChatting about Art: 30 minutes with Chad Wys Jana FitzGerald

GChatting about Art: 30 minutes with Chad Wys

Jana FitzGerald

Illinois artist Chad Wys explores notions of representation, objecthood, and deconstruction in his mixed-media work. We chat with Wys on a Sunday afternoon about his motivations, art, and inspiration–and how he’d title his work if it were a poem. Jana FitzGerald 11:52am: Hi, Chad. Let’s get started. So, where are you in Illinois? Chad Wys 11:53am: I’m...
Text Message Interview with CAGED ANIMALS (#2) Bryxan Amsterdam

Text Message Interview with CAGED ANIMALS (#2)

Bryxan Amsterdam

  Welcome to ZINETERVIEWS, an ongoing feature where  DUM DUM contributor Bryxan Amsterdam conducts an interview with a band via text message. For ou second installment, Bryxan speaks to Brooklyn based outer-electro artist Vincent Cacchione of CAGED ANIMALS. The conversation originally appeared as part of  Funkadelic Forever, a zine Bryxan created for Olympia’s 24 Hour Zine Thing. Text...
Postcard Interview with Dayve Hawk of MEMORY TAPES by Taleen Kali

Postcard Interview with Dayve Hawk of MEMORY TAPES

by Taleen Kali

Dayve Hawk is a recluse living in the hinterlands of New Jersey. He owns no car, cell phone or landline (which recently changed, as you’ll read). And in all 16 entries that come up after a Google search for “dayve hawk” + “memory tapes” + “interview,” you learn just that. For DUM DUM’s very first...
Text Message Interview with SPIDER PROBLEM (#1) Bryxan Amsterdam

Text Message Interview with SPIDER PROBLEM (#1)

Bryxan Amsterdam

    Welcome to ZINETERVIEWS, an ongoing feature where  DUM DUM contributor Bryxan Amsterdam conducts an interview with a band via text message. For our first installment, Bryxan speaks to Shayne Easton, singer of L.A.’s Spider Problem. The conversation originally appeared as part of  Funkadelic Forever, a zine Bryxan created for Olympia’s 24 Hour Zine...