The Burchfield Penney’s current Useum exhibit is fantastic. If you’re a fan of Sendak, Dahl, or “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” you’ll want to stop in. “Secret Spaces,” on display through Sept. 19, explores the crevices of our homes and spaces we escape to, and what secrets we leave there. It’s convenient to think of these “secrets” and “spaces” as being merely metaphorical, but we’ve all got somewhere we go, or someone we share hidden selves with. This exhibit gives anonymous voice to these recesses, exposing the freedom that comes with leaving your baggage somewhere else for others to find. Also on display, for those naysaying adults who think kids are little people to talk to, and not with, the depths of intellectual and emotional maturity in the minds of our young ones.

-Ben

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Andy Baker brings to life the lone single “All That We’ve Become” from a new band named Society - known only by one mysteriously barren soundcloud page. In any case, “All That We’ve Become” has a great sound, and Baker’s sketchy black and white pencil animation fits perfectly with the song’s tone of isolation and unrefined teenage angst. I love the animation’s use of shadow, the movement of its character through shafts of light and darkness. Here’s hoping we’ll see/hear more from Society soon. 

See more of Andy Baker’s work here.

- Maggie

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