![]() “I don’t want to have a career where I’m only playing in art museums and where people think of my music in a very specific, academic kind of way,” she continues. “I don’t want to be separate from the world,” she says frankly, gesturing towards the frequent partitioning and inaccessibility of avant-garde movements. But don’t be fooled by her easy affinity with both the art world and experimental scene Cheek outright rejects the insularity associated with these kinds of spaces. Besides being a staple of New York’s experimental scene, Cheek also works as a curator – a role she undertook at the prestigious MoMa PS1 for six years, overseeing its Warm Up series and Sunday Sessions programming, as well as performances connected to exhibitions. It’s just one of a series of shamelessly goofy detours Cheek takes throughout our video call, with other ports of call including the possibility of getting a pet lobster and her undying love of dogs.Ĭheek’s giddy, down-to-earth nature comes as a pleasant surprise considering her impressive (daunting, even) accolades: as L’Rain she creates stunning, free-associative and quietly political sound collages that have rendered her a critical darling. She’s even in the throes of arranging a meet-up with clown friends in Coney Island – a plan she shares with an endearing sincerity, before letting out a big, warm laugh. Within the first few minutes of our conversation one late July morning, the Brooklyn-based artist tells me how, ever since the pandemic, she’s wanted to sneak into clown school in order to understand them a little better. ![]() ![]() Taja Cheek can’t stop thinking about clowns.
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