Queer Van Kult
Queer Van Kult is an experimental intermedia artist collective from Staten Island. The collective curates a liturgy of performance, installation, and music with a focus on queer artistry and multimedia work. Imagined as a surreal funhouse of queer taste, QVK was created as a response to a tapering of dedicated platforms for avant-garde performance and art on Staten Island. The events produced by the collective intend to encourage an atmosphere of community, unbounded creativity, and celebration—all while providing a home for the cultivation of experimental works by local and emerging queer artists.
Sludgemisers
Sludgemisers is the noise collaboration of
percussionist Nick Guttilla and guitarist
Jenno Snyder. Their semi-improvisational
compositions translate raw emotion into
baths of noise and cascading eerie soundscapes,
feeding off each other's energy. They layer
electronic and acoustic rhythms that derive
their power from the unmistakable primal
pulse of the modern human condition.
Meat Balloon Archives
Meat Balloon Archives is a recording studio built on
the historic grounds of Snug Harbor.
Established in 2018.
