The Appearance is You. You have willed it to life. Appearances are projections of yourself. You are a brave warrior, strong, beautiful, a hero, a star. You believe in yourself because what is made to appear to you is your own image in all its glorious hyperreal vishwaroop. You are invincible, powerful. You are the winner, you rule. …

(work in progress) Narcissist’s Embrace — satya Communities make for poor consumers. They share place and space, time and things, you see? Pathologised individuality turns to retail therapy. Me-first Corporate cultures condition individuals to compete, Indulge self-interest hierarchies and control. Alienated from bodies in non-places, fingers set to scroll. …

Preview of Glass Canyon Ensemble’s NEW ALBUM Collision Theory, releasing soon on the Chicago label Amalgam. Collision Mandala video created by Daniel Chamberlin for the piece EeOhLay composed by Rob Frye. Glass Canyon Ensemble Collision Theory Pre-order album: music.amalgamusic.org/album/collision-theory Rob Frye — compositions, woodwinds Satya — compositions, voice, words Nick Alvarez…

[ Listen here: desirepath on Bandcamp ] Ballroom Marfa & Rob Frye’s Birdscapes Radio, for International Dawn Chorus Day 2020 Distance I miss you. There, i said it. Diversion I look for the city in the sun, new leaves, in building materials, the text on bits of garbage stuck to…

For some reason you are driven to hum, strum or drum, however terrible that sounds, you might even do it. Then you curb yourself because someone, could it be you yourself, told you now is not the time nor the place; or because someone is laughing at you for the…

Terroir When I last saw you is when I came alive, is where I come from. It was grey granite and marble there in large cuts solid and square, façades of red clinker sable brown tile; terra-cotta sienna stucco classical balconies; composition. Tall windows grey blue painted clean-mannered iron grills on…

▪️The Nearness of a Distant Sea—Talking Place, Manchester (Video Essay) ▪️desirepath—Bandcamp, online (Text/Sound/Music) ▪️Splinter in My House Shoe—4WCoP, Huddersfield (Video Essay) ▪️Memories of an Unnamed Hill—giallo, online (Text) ▪️Urban Microclimates—ZKU, Berlin (Workshop) ▪️Caring is a Radical Act, Munich (Street Piece) ▪️Raat (Night)—Original Tune, Bombay (Music/Video) ▪️#WalkAlone—Blank Noise Project, Bangalore (Praxis)

Manifesto of the Appearance: How to create scenes to mesmerise a billion people The key to the success of the Appearance is how quickly we forget. Virtual Reality The world is maya. You must not fall for it. The appearance will show you how not to. Step inside. Construction The appearance is constructed out of naked ambition. The appearance is constructed, it is a…

When i was a child there was an old wood-framed rectangular mirror in my home that had found its way here from the native place. It was small and light enough to be carried by a child, but large enough to frame her face and a bit of background. She…