Marginal Eras
jesse bernardMarginal Eras is an independent space for stories, sounds and images that deserve closer attention. Through film, music, research and listening sessions, it traces the connections between culture, memory and place.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 31 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 19 days ago |
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The Archive Is Already Alive
So much of the culture I grew up around was never intended to become archival material. Flyers were thrown away. Magazines disappeared. CDs were scratched, trainers were worn into the ground and clothes were passed between people. Yet these...
Rest In Peace, Our Little Derek
I was in Year 11 when This Is My Demo first landed in record stores and used whatever money I had to buy it from HMV. It was a masterpiece of an album in the sense that it felt like a one-man stage show that tells the story of the child of...
Marginal Eras at Shai Space - August 13th
Over the past year, I’ve been building a universe of work that is in conversation with the past, present and future, leaning on my personal archive as a north star.
It began with The Dance Begins At Home: Before Babylon Arrives, an archive...
Escaping Babylon
Last year, on June 7th, I released a short film, The Dance Begins At Home, an archival montage piece that explored the evolution of Black male performance over forty years. The film, also accompanied by an EP, Before Babylon Arrives, took i...
Liner Notes 007: Frank Alexander - Got Your Back
I’ve always been fascinated by the Black Atlantic; it has been the bedrock of much of my creative and artistic practice, and of my understanding and reimagining of how regions share and exchange cultural ideas, norms, and rituals in the phy...
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