I.A. Freeman
@iza3800.bsky.social
Digital archivist, translator, painter, photographer, designer, cofounder of a journal of arts and culture/independent record label.
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Wolke, the publishers of my book IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CECIL TAYLOR, have launched a new website (they take PayPal now!), and to celebrate they're offering free shipping with the code "newwolke2025" until 12/31! Buy my book!
www.wolke-verlag.de/en/shop/in-t...
www.wolke-verlag.de/en/shop/in-t...
In the Brewing Luminous - Wolke Verlag
The Life & Music of Cecil Taylor. By Phil Freeman. In the Brewing Luminous is the first full-length biography of Cecil Taylor.
www.wolke-verlag.de
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Wolke, the publishers of my book IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CECIL TAYLOR, have launched a new website (they take PayPal now!), and to celebrate they're offering free shipping with the code "newwolke2025" until 12/31! Buy my book!
www.wolke-verlag.de/en/shop/in-t...
www.wolke-verlag.de/en/shop/in-t...
You exposed me to Keiji Haino so we are even. One of the best live shows that we have seen together.
Saw this Joan Mitchell diptych in a Chelsea gallery almost 10 years ago and it's stuck with me ever since. Thanks as always to @iza3800.bsky.social for exposing my dumb ass to the good shit.
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You exposed me to Keiji Haino so we are even. One of the best live shows that we have seen together.
Ephemeral art on the windshield from Sunday morning.
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Ephemeral art on the windshield from Sunday morning.
The view from my studio this afternoon.
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The view from my studio this afternoon.
Full design of the next two releases from Burning Ambulance Music: get them at burningambulancemusic.bandcamp.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Full design of the next two releases from Burning Ambulance Music: get them at burningambulancemusic.bandcamp.com
Two new painterly collages.
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Two new painterly collages.
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When @iza3800.bsky.social and I were leaving this afternoon this cat auditioned us. Ran up to our front door meowing, then jumped onto the car hood to look us in the eye. We said no (several times) and it eventually ran off.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When @iza3800.bsky.social and I were leaving this afternoon this cat auditioned us. Ran up to our front door meowing, then jumped onto the car hood to look us in the eye. We said no (several times) and it eventually ran off.
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Holy fuck, this is amazing. (cc @iza3800.bsky.social, who designs all our releases.)
@burningambulance.bsky.social, thought you’d want to see this still life from the merch table at Jazzfest Berlin
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Holy fuck, this is amazing. (cc @iza3800.bsky.social, who designs all our releases.)
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The Free Jazz Blog has posted a roundtable discussion of the Anthony Braxton QUARTET (ENGLAND) 1985 set that you really should read. I'm so honored to have helped put this music out into the world and really hope it shows up on people's year-end lists.
www.freejazzblog.org/2025/10/anth...
www.freejazzblog.org/2025/10/anth...
Anthony Braxton Quartet - Quartet (England) 1985 (Burning Ambulance, 2025)
Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media
www.freejazzblog.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Free Jazz Blog has posted a roundtable discussion of the Anthony Braxton QUARTET (ENGLAND) 1985 set that you really should read. I'm so honored to have helped put this music out into the world and really hope it shows up on people's year-end lists.
www.freejazzblog.org/2025/10/anth...
www.freejazzblog.org/2025/10/anth...
Nothing wrong with a slower process.
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Nothing wrong with a slower process.
Been listening to this excellent collection this week.
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Been listening to this excellent collection this week.
Do you have a fascination with spiritualism? I do and so does photograher Shannon Taggart. www.shannontaggart.com
SHANNON TAGGART
Shannon Taggart Photographer - Séance: Spiritualist Ritual and the Search for Ectoplasm
www.shannontaggart.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Do you have a fascination with spiritualism? I do and so does photograher Shannon Taggart. www.shannontaggart.com
A must-see in person. From The Fractured Giant installation at the Boise Art Museum in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A must-see in person. From The Fractured Giant installation at the Boise Art Museum in 2023.
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CDs are art objects. (Especially our releases. @iza3800.bsky.social's cover art and the gatefold mini-LP sleeves - printed on textured paper! feels nice in your hand! - are worth the purchase all on their own.) Also, our target market is not "people who don't own CD players." Obviously.
I understand why labels and bands are releasing CDs now, but I want you all to realize that if you explain that to *literally anyone* outside of the DIY scene, they're gonna go "really?"
I, personally, haven't had a device that could play CDs (aside from my PS4) in over a decade.
I, personally, haven't had a device that could play CDs (aside from my PS4) in over a decade.
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
CDs are art objects. (Especially our releases. @iza3800.bsky.social's cover art and the gatefold mini-LP sleeves - printed on textured paper! feels nice in your hand! - are worth the purchase all on their own.) Also, our target market is not "people who don't own CD players." Obviously.
Digital sketchbook.
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Digital sketchbook.
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Worked on this piece all week.
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Worked on this piece all week.
Weaving images together.
October 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Weaving images together.
Got a CD copy of Tomas Fujiwara’s Dream Up in today’s mail.
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Got a CD copy of Tomas Fujiwara’s Dream Up in today’s mail.
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Listen to me. Listen. If you're making images that will only be displayed on screens, YOU HAVE TO LET GO. You can calibrate your screens perfectly, but then 25k people will see it on their shitty $50 monitors or cracked phone and its out of your hands. Don't think of it. Achieve enlightenment.
October 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Listen to me. Listen. If you're making images that will only be displayed on screens, YOU HAVE TO LET GO. You can calibrate your screens perfectly, but then 25k people will see it on their shitty $50 monitors or cracked phone and its out of your hands. Don't think of it. Achieve enlightenment.
A recent experiment on bookbinding cloth.
October 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A recent experiment on bookbinding cloth.
A sublime landscape this morning in the mountains. Took this from a moving car. Zero visibility for miles; this was on the other side of the clouds.
October 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A sublime landscape this morning in the mountains. Took this from a moving car. Zero visibility for miles; this was on the other side of the clouds.
Spending a few days scanning negatives that I took using a half frame camera. Hoping all diptychs line up as I envisioned while shooting.
October 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Spending a few days scanning negatives that I took using a half frame camera. Hoping all diptychs line up as I envisioned while shooting.
The most recent elusive elements.
October 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The most recent elusive elements.