Radio Silence / A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music

Back at the end of June, Glen Cummings and Adam Michaels assembled an exhibition at the experimental project space W/———, in Manhattans Chinatown, documenting the X symbol and its use in music culture. I missed the show because it was only up for one weekend, and Gary didn’t think it was important to tell me about it, but Glen and Adam have collected the project into an exhibit catalog that you can purchase here.

X documents the trajectory of the X symbol within (and without) underground music culture. As the first step of an ongoing project, the exhibition opening will launch a book presenting initial visual research. Building upon the varied meanings and form of the X, the show presents experiments in a range of media; attendees are encouraged to contribute materials to future iterations of the project.

The book features contributions from Radio Silence contributor and Hardcore Archaeologist Jeremy Dean as well as Michael Brenner, Jordan Carver, Kathryn Holter, Kevin Wade Shaw, Justin Michael Smith, Stewart Smith, and Chris Wu.

X (the publication) is available for $10 (+ tax & shipping)