Fsik Huvnx

I am a visual artist, foreign language enthusiast, Maghrebophile and music collector. I grew up near Chicago and lived in the city for 3 years before coming to Miami. Lately, I haven't been reading much, but I prefer more existential works. I've read Bowles, Mrabet, Camus, Hesse and Carver many times repeatedly. I'm not so interested in a plot or meaning as I am more interested in certain settings and moods of a book, or particular style of writing. I really like short stories or to just read excerpts from books.

I'm not sure what my background in music is. I've never really taken any kind of lessons in music outside of what I learned in grade school. Prior to Fsik Huvnx I've only participated in some odd jam sessions with friends where I accompanied on hand drums or other percussive instruments or noise. I did make some multi-track cassette recordings on a dual cassette deck as a teen using my mother's piano, a cheap Casio keyboard and guitar.

I even sang on one. I still have some of those, but I would never embarrass myself with them. I have considered sampling bits of them for use in Fsik Huvnx's oeuvre, though.

How would you compare your art with your music or vice versa? Is there a methodology towards your compositions that is birthed by canvas?

In my visual work, I don't really stick to one style and mix many different things together in a piece, looking for a kind of tension between each object. I think I do the same with the music, though I've never really thought about it. I

like experimenting with different sounds, instruments and even tunings to see what comes out.

In both, I work in a very improvised way. I just lay something down and see where it takes me. Obviously, I have some premeditated idea of what I'm striving for, but nothing is set in stone. I'm contented with the unexpected outcomes of blending notes and sounds, or colours and images working in this manner.

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