wrtch - Rabbit Holes [andotherexits] (Digital)
SKU:
SG036
$5.00
$5.00
SG036 | 6/6/2017 | Digital Cassette | Artist Page | Artist Mart
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Also available via Bandcamp | iTunes | Amazon | Spotify | Youtube
** When you buy from Self Group versus other outlets the impact of your purchase reaches the artist who created the work much more immediately while also receiving a greater share of that revenue not having to pay fees from other services. You are in effect buying directly from the individuals whose work you are supporting. Thank you!
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About this Release
Ambrosia Bartošekulva, mastermind behind the gutteral-etheric sounds of wrtch, is an audiovisual artist, sex worker, and activist. Twice institutionalized and likely still dreaming, their voice seems to rise up out of the depths of their belly and vomit forth. Even with this visceral intensity, you can sense the complex inner workings of Ambrosia’s mind; the name wrtch - which seems to describe their process and presence acutely - is in actuality an homage to their ancestry as Romani or Gypsy. Upcoming album Rabbit Holes [andotherexits] is being released shortly after Ambrosia experienced a heart attack, and explores layers of death, paralysis, and the Rromani affliction “Jado” – an illness which drains the life force of Rromani when too much time is spent outside of their culture. Currently based in Chicago, they are pursuing a BFA at SAIC (expected 2018). "Rabbit Holes [andotherexits] was a tape I didn't mean to make. Somehow this year amidst four separate hospitalizations, I managed to record some deeper, darker, closer to death levels of being. I didn't decide to put these recordings together till my last hospitalization, three weeks ago, for a heart attack. Unable to leave the hospital bed, I started sifting through multiple batches of recordings from last winter and conceptualizing this tape. Having experienced a trip to the void and the infinite spiral of unraveling self and reality that is death, Rabbit Holes [andotherexits] was a title that came quite naturally. Krist Krueger (spearhead of Yardsss and the label Self Group) did all of the mixing and I managed to get a rush order of tapes done before my June/July tour, and made some DIY style acrylic laser cut packaging." - Ambrosia Bartosekulva Track Listing 1 - goodgirlnicehooker 2 - selfishloverpleasureseeker 3 - churchbelly 4 - thefailuretoexpresspain 5 - jadosymptoms 6 - wombwine About wrtch The multifaceted artworks of Ambrosia Bartošekulva are seemingly limitless in their imaginings and mediums. Her vast multi-story (and multi-sensory) installations such as #PLANETS feature textured mixed-media paintings including salt honey and menstrual blood. Live and recorded, wrtch invokes internal, labyrinthine underworlds in elaborate arias, all containing a common thread of innate wisdom — leading us on journeys not out but through. Despite deep DIY roots in Seattle’s underground, Ambrosia has recently moved to Chicago to pursue a BA of Fine Arts focusing on technology, biology, and sculpture at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago as the recipient of a Full Merit Scholarship. |
