Authors: Audrey Lockie
![Localized: Consumer Reducer](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200208-CH6A9367-01-1024x819.jpeg)
Localized: Consumer Reducer
“Consumer Reducer is half-human, half-machine. It’s about making you comfortable before going to a place of dysphoria and negative psychedelia.” … read more
![Localized: Passive Refraction](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20200209-CH6A9524-Edit-1024x819.jpg)
Localized: Passive Refraction
The art created by Passive Refraction speaks to a central, guiding principle: “finding tranquility in places that aren’t considered tranquil.” … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: A Dog’s Death](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/16b31cb2-de2a-4409-b60d-b26815a1ef06-1024x512.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: A Dog’s Death
Matías Ganz’s A Dog’s Death is a top-notch thriller that unravels the absurd and violent consequences of class and racial discrimination. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: 1986](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/19861-e1580841241470-1024x673.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: 1986
Since every scene—regardless of real-world urgency—floats along like a waking dream, 1986 often feels like it’s missing a necessary bite. … read more
![Profound Pronouns: Jess Couser’s Pro Bono LGBTQ+ Legal Representation](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-SLUG-WEB-Jessica-Couser-BARKIPLE-72-0274-1024x683.jpg)
Profound Pronouns: Jess Couser’s Pro Bono LGBTQ+ Legal Representation
Jess Couser offers her legal services to LGBTQ+ individuals as they endure the tedious process of changing their identiy. … read more
![Triangulating Empathy: Nadia Bedzhanova Premieres Beware of Dog at Slamdance 2020](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BewareOfDog_1-Nadia-Bedzhanova.jpg)
Triangulating Empathy: Nadia Bedzhanova Premieres Beware of Dog at Slamdance...
Nadia Bedzhanova’s Beware of Dog speaks to both long-standing and universal woes as well as uniquely individual and contemporary issues. … read more
![Nothing Beets Poetry: Sugar House Review Celebrates 10 Years of Publication](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Ed-372-Sugar-House-Review-Natalie-Young.jpg)
Nothing Beets Poetry: Sugar House Review Celebrates 10 Years of...
Founding Editor Natalie Young discusses the challenges and triumphs of running Utah’s first independent poetry journal: Sugar House Review. … read more
![Watching Films You Like with Your Friends: The 9 Rails Film Festival Screens Trent Harris’ Plan 10 from Outer Space](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/9-Rails-Film-Festival-Poster-Batched-676x1024.jpg)
Watching Films You Like with Your Friends: The 9 Rails...
The inaugural 9 Rails Film Festival features a screening of Trent Harris’ Plan 10 from Outer Space and is a testament to the spirit of DIY art. … read more
![The Art of Letting Go: An Interview with Forest Management](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/551597.jpg)
The Art of Letting Go: An Interview with Forest Management
On After Dark, as is the case throughout Forest Management’s catalog, John Daniel heavily incorporates themes of memory and nostalgia. … read more
![Designing New Worlds: Jake Buntjer](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Mister-Pauper-Gilbert-Cisneros-3.jpg)
Designing New Worlds: Jake Buntjer
The Mister Pauper studio is overflowing with pocket watches, disassembled dolls and a wealth of other curios, each awaiting some future purpose. … read more