winter & woe

executive producer. Sinjin Jones is a transmedia storytelling artist from Denver, Colorado and currently based in the San Francisco Bay area. He enjoys the intersection point between media forms and yearns to create moments that connect others with something submlime.

music director and website platform developer. Adam Blair writes philosophy and poetry, takes photographs, plays jazz piano and programs computers. He explores playful perception, urging sensations to “evoke” one another - listening to colors, tasting sounds, dancing to emotion.

Eric McDonnell is a doctoral candidate in Religion at Emory University. His research focuses on poetry in the Hebrew Bible, hermeneutics, and comparative religion. Eric's writing has appeared in Antiguo Oriente, Hebrew Studies, and the Review of Biblical Literature. Eric also plays guitar in the three-piece Atlanta-based band Pound Cake Break.

Itzel-Marine Gourmelon is a French-Mexican-American creative producer, cinematographer, and anthropologist. Itzel-Marine kicked off her/their career living in Colorado, with short films created for the National Park Service. She then lived in Brazil filming for a wildlife rehabilitation NGO while creating poetic-short stories of Rio de Janeiro. After moving to Washington, DC, she/they have worked in a technical editing role assisting on an Emmy-winning documentary and worked on an expedition to Nikumaroro in search of Amelia Earhart’s plane. While at National Geographic, Itzel-Marine was the co-Founder/co-Chair of a Business Employee Resource Group for Diversity and Inclusion at National Geographic Partners HQ. In her/their spare time, Itzel-Marine has worked on grassroots films supporting NGOs and independent, socially conscious filmmakers in the DC area. After four years at National Geographic, Itzel-Marine has begun a new step in full-time freelancing and founded Cactus Box Films to join the ranks of culturally and environmentally conscious filmmakers, ready to highlight the importance of conservation through the art of film. Itzel-Marine is now a resident of coastal Maine. For more information on Itzel-Marine, please visit: www.itzelgourmelon.com

Fulden She-Demon is a musician/philosopher based in Ankara, Turkey. Having played in feminist punk and metal bands (Secondhand Underpants, Sirannon) in mid and late 2000s, she co-founded Chaos, I Am Your Mistress to highlight and showcase the work of women, non-binary, and queer groups and individuals in underground/extreme art and music. As a countercultural production, CIAYM has organized several shows, exhibit, and festivals, most well-known of which is the annual event, Ladyfest Istanbul. She currently plays in Ankaran anarcha-feminist punk bands, EMASKÜLATÖR and LABB, whilst professing philosophy at Middle East Technical University.

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https://ciaym666.bandcamp.com

https://mevzurecords.com/bands/emaskulator-2/

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Alyssa Adamson is a non-binary queer philosopher and jazz bassist from Southern California. You can reach them by email: alyssa_adamson72@yahoo.com

Brenda S. Tolian MFA ~is a Gothic/ Horror writer from Southern Colorado. She is a member of the Denver Horror Collective, Horror Writers Association, Horror Writers Guild, AWP, and the Angela Carter Society. She is a graduate of Adams State University, Regis University, and a Doctoral Student of Literature at Murray State University. Her forthcoming book- Blood Mountain will be published by Raw Dog Screaming Press. In her free time, she paints and makes music often mixing them with words to create strange soundscapes and living poetry. You can find her work at brendatolian.com

SF1 is an accomplished drummer, emcee, music producer, songwriter, model, dancer and actor. He is a Berklee College of Music alumni and Grammy Award considered artist that hails from Denver, Colorado. When performing live, a skilled ensemble of talented musicians, “The Crew” accompanies him on stage. Receiving many accolades, including being a Top 3 artist in Indie 102.3's "Top Artist of 2021" poll and three Westword Magazine Music Awards in the hip-hop category. SF1 and The Crew are the first and only hip-hop act to play major league baseball’s Coors Field.

SF1 has shared stages with the likes of national recording artists, Jurassic 5, Jake Miller, Robert Delong, Big Data, Lupe Fiasco, MC Lars and the legendary KRS-One to name a few.

A hip-hop artist that refuses to be put in a box. His genuine love for music instrumentation is evident in his ability to effortlessly infuse jazz, Afro-Cuban, middle eastern, pop and rock within his energetic sound and compelling live performances.

Driven by the unpredictable nature of storytelling, George garnered a passion for many aspects of media production including photography, cinematography, graphic and motion design. Having immigrated to the US from Kazakhstan at a young age gave him the perspective and hunger to create impactful content that inspires thought, evokes emotion and drives universal change in this world.

Christian Neves (titi) is a master of none who spends his time djing. He fails till he does something well. He likes cold and hot showers, late breakfast, man made lakes, natural ones too, trees and birds, a good book, thinking about going hiking, manifesting. He makes music that everyone likes to dance aggressively to when they’re at home vibing in front of the mirror. He enjoyed being a part of this process. You can listen to his work on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/JUZJaqVzDwiVmC8m6

Thomas House grew up in the blue collar suburban city of Arvada, CO where he spent his childhood reading Bronze Age Jeph Loeb comics and watching Joseph H. Lewis noirs. Made his first film at eight dramatizing the war crimes of the My Lai 4 massacre perpetrated by the US army, setting off a lifetime of anxiety when faced with authority. Tom currently spends his time running his fingers through the spines of Donald Barthelme and Lászlo Krasznarhorkai searching for meaning and artistic metamorphosis while proselytizing the tenets of torero cinema.

To see more of Tom’s work please visit www.lespace-vremya.com

Darin Eaton II is a writer, director, and music composer from Colorado, living in Los Angeles. Through out their career, Darin has worked as an editor, visual effects/motion graphics artist, audio engineer, and music composer spanning across several major companies including: Netflix, The Walt Disney Company, The Hollywood Reporter, and Billboard Magazine. Darin is currently shifting careers to focus on writing, animation, game development, and virtual production.

Blake A. Chamness is a visual artist and teacher residing in the Denver, Colorado area. While primarily making paintings and comics, music has also been a lifelong interest and pursuit. His current project is Sentience, a serialized science-fiction comic story. Issue 1 is available through his website, bachamness.com, with issue 2 coming out by summer of 2022.

Originally from Long Island, NY, Mike received his MA in Philosophy and Aesthetics from Stony Brook University in 2013, and is currently working towards finishing his PhD in Philosophy at Emory. When he isn't philosophizing, Mike plays guitar, DnD, video games, and tug o’ war with his pup Wolfie.