Saturday, April 17, 2010

JE T'AIME: NICOLA KUPERUS


Nicola Kuperus, to me, is the conssumate artist, and the ultimate "underground legend." Now, I don't take words lightly, but anyone already familiar with her work (either as one half of electro-punk pioneers, and purveyors of all things uncomfortable, ADULT., co-founder of the now-defunct Detroit record label Ersatz Audio, or in her other capacity as insanely skilled visual artist) will agree with me when I repeat: Nicola Kuperus is underground legend. ADULT. in itself has proved a potent outlet for Kuperus (for the uninitiated, click here), but her photgraphy is equally powerful:




Cover art for the ADULT. single "Nausea."

Cover art for the classic ADULT. album Anxiety Always.




Nicola's work with husband and bandmate Adam Lee Miller is certainly nothing to scoff at ... aside from recording and performing some of the most intense and enduring music I've ever heard, they have collaborated on a video/multimedia project entitled "Decampment," a silent film played with live instrumentation by the band, as well as the video trilogy "The Importance of Being Folk:"