Katherine Oktober Matthews
banner
oktobernight.bsky.social
Katherine Oktober Matthews
@oktobernight.bsky.social
Artist, Author, Editor, Publisher
📚Unique: Making Photographs in the Age of Ubiquity, Milk Art Journal, GUP Magazine, Riding the Dragon, Emotion Mixer
🌍Amsterdam, NL, oktobernight.com
"Anger just feels like the dominant color and flavor and aroma of the world we're in [...] and because it's all around us, it's also inside us all the time." —Josh Cohen, in our interview on the pervasiveness of rage. More: ridingthedragon.life/2025/09/19/a...
All the Rage: An Interview with Josh Cohen - Riding the Dragon
"Anger just feels like the dominant color and flavor and aroma of the world we're in, it feels very hard to move mentally or physically without coming into contact with anger [...] and because it's al...
ridingthedragon.life
September 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It's pub date! 🥳 Get my new book Elsewhere at your favorite bookshop TODAY! 🧳🚗✈️📕
June 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I’ll be hosting an online book launch for Elsewhere, let’s talk big ideas on the art of travel
www.eventbrite.com/e/elsewhere-...
Elsewhere Book Launch! A Conversation on Travel Writing & Photography
Join us for the online launch of new book Elsewhere: A Personal Essay in Words & Photos by Katherine Oktober Matthews!
www.eventbrite.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I'll be reviewing portfolios at the Rencontres d'Arles Photo Folio Reviews again this year. All the experts are online again, so let's get deep about fine art conceptual photos! www.rencontres-arles.com/en/experts/
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The first copies of my new book Elsewhere are now printed and out in the world. This personal essay told through words & photos is available now for pre-order and is out from June 12!
April 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Reposted by Katherine Oktober Matthews
Want to speak out about book banning, but don't feel confident in your skill? @penamerica.bsky.social is running a free training on testifying before a legislature on Tuesday March 18 pen.org/event/speak-...
Speak Out For Books! Testifying to State Legislative Committees - PEN America
This webinar will go over the basics of book ban-related bills, speaking to legislative committees, and how to strategize comments to effectively get their message across.
pen.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Josh Cohen’s latest book. I’m reaching through anguish for enlightenment.
March 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by Katherine Oktober Matthews
February 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by Katherine Oktober Matthews
Since #LiveActionShorts is always one of my favorite categories, it got its own mini-episode to itself.

Thank you @oktobernight.bsky.social and your Emotional Mixer for walking us through how they constructed these 5 rollercoasters of anxiety. 😅

thelorehounds.com/podcast/the-...
Oscars 2025 – Live-Action Shorts + the Emotion Mixer | The Lorehounds: Your Guides to Great Stories
To talk about one of her favorite categories of every Oscar race, this year's five emotional Live-Action Shorts nominees, Elysia brings in Katherine...
thelorehounds.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’m finally — FINALLY — reading @doctorkirbs.bsky.social ‘s beautiful book and love the way she slaps with word choice. And seriously one of the most gorgeous book covers ever.
January 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Literature is one way to remember that everybody else is suffering and that your imagination has to take in their suffering and their motives. If you really grant everybody mercy, you will get to the bottom of the truth."—Steve Almond, in our #interview on #storytelling.
Traveling in Difficult Truths Toward Elusive Mercy: An Interview with Steve Almond - Riding the Dragon
"Literature is one way to remember that everybody else is suffering and that your imagination has to take in their suffering and their motives. If you really grant everybody mercy, you will get to the...
ridingthedragon.life
January 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“I didn’t set out to make this work with the mission for it to be therapeutic. It occurred organically, step-by-step. An awareness would hit me that I’ve got shit I need to deal with here.”—Elizabeth Clark Libert, author of #photobook Boy Crazy, in our #interview on raising boys as a woman.
Boys Who May One Day Be Monsters: An Interview with Elizabeth Clark Libert - Riding the Dragon
"I didn't set out to make this work with the mission for it to be therapeutic. It occurred organically, step-by-step. An awareness would hit me that I've got shit I need to deal with here, and then ag...
ridingthedragon.life
January 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My new Emotion Mixer is doing great out in the wild, and I can’t wait to hear back how people make use of it. It’s designed as a tool to bring emotional richness to your creations, for example by creating an emotion palette to amplify and aestheticize the emotional experience. More: emotionmixer.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:22 AM
I’ll be reviewing portfolios again this year at Arles, let’s see some conceptual fine art photography magic! ✨ www.rencontres-arles.com/en/experts/
#photography #fineartphotography #portfolioreview
Les Rencontre d'Arles
Every summer since 1970, the Rencontres d’Arles are the first international festival of Photography. Exhibitions, night screenings, photography workshops, debates, portofolio review…
www.rencontres-arles.com
May 15, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Some weekend reading for your mother's day... my interview with the artist Lupita Carrasco, who is mother to seven children and caregiver to her mentally ill mother. Phenomenal stuff 🌟❤️‍🩹
ridingthedragon.life/2024/05/10/t...
#motherhood #artistmother #interview #caregiving #fineart
True Labor: An Interview with Lupita Carrasco - Riding the Dragon
"A lot of the expression in my work comes from the isolation of motherhood. [...] I’m bearing witness and I have a real desire to give those moments the same type of importance as a presidential portr...
ridingthedragon.life
May 10, 2024 at 12:17 PM