July is is the month we celebrate our independence, and that makes it a fine time to celebrate interstitiality’s early roots in the culture of the American heartland.  One of the first to pilot the concept of 20th century multi-media performance art was that most American of American fantasists, Lyman Frank Baum.  Baum had a […]

It wasn’t so long ago that combining feminism and science fiction was considered interstitial. Things have changed since then, and women have established a solid presence in the science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction fields. Still, this is an excellent example of how interstitial literature can evolve into a firmly established genre. In honor of […]

This week the IAF is pleased to share a guest essay from interdisciplinary artist-turned musician-turned writer Jorge Socarras, whom we met through mutual friends in the worlds of music, fashion and literature: a perfect interstitial meeting point!
Jorge started as a painter, but is perhaps most known for his work as a singer-songwriter with producer legend […]

Ron Pasquariello, whom IAF folk will know from his ‘dog haiku’ piece The Chipper Dialogues in the IAF Annex last fall, has his artwork up for viewing in two different California galleries this month. Here’s the official invite:
Ron Pasquariello
is exhibiting his artwork at two galleries during the month of June.
Gallery One
May 23-June 26. Multi-artist […]

I had the pleasure of meeting composer Michael Fiday when we both were in residence at the MacDowell Colony this past fall. I knew he was a cool guy when he rolled up in this car that sported a Pixies bumper sticker, had a few guitars with him and then proposed that some of […]

So, can a case be made for Translation as an Interstitial Art?
I was struck by these quotes from Edith Grossman’s new book, Why Translation Matters (in poet & translator Richard Howard’s 4/11 review in NYTimes Book Review):
So few [reviewers] have devised an intelligent way to review both the original and its translation within the space […]