More than 10 years have passed since Rebecca Gates put out her solo debut, Ruby Series. The former member of the Spinanes mostly shifted her energy to other projects: coordinating and managing exhibitions for museums, lecturing at arts centers, composing music for dance and film, participating in performance pieces and stylizing photos for magazines. She also did some bookkeeping, retreated to Rhode Island and helped friends build a movie theater. But as time and money allowed, she also popped back into studios to put together her follow-up, The Float (12XU). Gates will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with her.
Gates: When I find a new writer I like, or if a favorite issues a new tome, there’s generally two ways I proceed; either I parcel the book out in small doses, savoring and setting down, knowing there’s another perfect page in my future, or I read it straight through and pass it along as soon as possible to a friend: “You must read this now!” (Now that I write that I’m aware it’s basically the same strategy a child executes around Halloween candy—classy). With The Wonder Book Of The Air, I did both. Read, stop, set down, step away, pace, go back to the book, read, set down, try to save, go back, etc., finish in 24 hours, give away. The Celestial Jukebox is sitting on my shelf; I’m holding off for now.
Video after the jump.
