#INTOTHECUTTINGROOM WITH-CAT PEOPLE (1982)

#INTOTHECUTTINGROOM WITH-CAT PEOPLE (1982)

In this #intothecuttingroom, #itchysilk writer Alessia looks at the erotic horror film Cat People. Written by the excellent director and screen writer, Paul Schrader who wrote the classic Taxi Driver (1976), Cat People centres around themes of zoomorphomism and...
SHOULD WE STILL LOVE GOOD ART BY ‘BAD PEOPLE’?

SHOULD WE STILL LOVE GOOD ART BY ‘BAD PEOPLE’?

In this rather compelling piece, Lorna May argues that we are on a long road to ‘nothing’ should we ignore art because we question the morally reprehensible lives and behaviors of those artists who create the art. In this current climate it is true that the media and...
DISPLACEMENT AND IDENTITY

DISPLACEMENT AND IDENTITY

In her first piece for #itchysilk poet, writer, filmmaker, and vocalist, interdisciplinary artist,  Jamika Ajalon discusses displacement and identity. Through her own personal journey from her native Amerika through Europe the issues regarding these contentious...
BIGGIE ‘THE BON APPÈTITÈ’

BIGGIE ‘THE BON APPÈTITÈ’

In his second piece #itchysilk writer Amar discusses the enduring love affair that some have with Biggie. April 1997 his sophomore album Life after Death (1997) reached the number one spot on the Billboard charts. It was a sophomore helping Biggie along the...
PRINCE A BIGGER ARTIST THAN MICHAEL JACKSON?

PRINCE A BIGGER ARTIST THAN MICHAEL JACKSON?

What a year 2016 was. We lost some of our most prolific musical talents and without denigrating other losses as inconsequential, musically, Prince’s demise was a loss that evidently left a huge chasm. It may have been the biggest lost but that is relative to your...