Interdisciplinary artist Kilo Kish returns with a new EP ‘Negotiations’, out May 16th via Independent Co.
The EP follows Kilo’s acclaimed 2022 album ‘AMERICAN GURL’, and comes with a visual prelude ‘r3program’, a glacial, techno-tinged commentary on class disparity, autonomy and creative burnout in an industry heading perilously close to digital collapse.
The music video for ‘r3program’ directed by Kish and David Laven, and produced by Even/Odd, is part of a suite of films that will accompany the EP, all filmed in the same insular space and world. “I love creating project worlds and characters that can represent ideas or metaphors,” shares Kish. “The video is kind of a nod to the suits that I used to wear in the ‘Reflections in Real Time’ era, and a play on this office worker character that I’ve been exploring since 2016 and speaks to the resiliency of the working class.”
Kilo Kish is currently curating a residency with Womxn In Windows at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles as they celebrate the launch of American Gurl: home–land, a presentation of six short films work that negotiate land, diaspora and displacement from the following artists: Melvonna Ballenger, Shenny De Los Angeles, Ella Ezeike, Solange Knowles, Alima Lee, and Cauleen Smith. The show opened on February 15 and will run through April, with a closing performance on May 4th.
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Photo Credit: Dana Boulous
