Alien Skin; Broken Language; In Pairs; Occupation Day; Sentient Sentiment. On the last afternoon of Arts for Arts’ iconic Vision Festival in 2021, I found myself standing next to pianist Matthew Shipp ...

Freely improvised music, saxophonist Paul Flaherty dubbed it "the hated music." Experiencing Alien Skin brings to mind another quote, this one from a shampoo commercial from the late 1980s: "Don't ...