Art

The Living Cult…Terence Hannum

Published

June 3, 2011

Terence Hannum of Locrian not only lives his music, he shares it via visual representations of depth and reverence. Hannum’s work embodies the spiritual connection many of us feel when in the presence of live music. Most of the time, I feel like I have never truly heard a band’s music until I have seen them live, because the vibrations emanating from the amps possess my body and soul in a way that recorded music almost never does. Hannum paints images of this experience, creating Gothic halls with altars of amps and candelabra, invoking the holy experience of live music. Like Locrian, Hannum’s shrines are to the dark power of music, waves of sound that wash over you and cause chills of reverence to rise up all over your body. In addition to his gouache paintings, Hannum also create video installations playing on the same theme, such as his Offering piece embedded below. And he authors beautifully presented and laid-out zines featuring both dissections of his video pieces and his gouache paintings. Ablation is a series of stills from video he shot of Bloodyminded at one of their 2007 shows, and the images work to convey the intensity of their performance in a zine that can be re-lived over and over. Death Posture is a collaboration with fellow artist Scott Treleaven, and is composed of Hannum’s paintings and stills form Treleaven’s Super 8 footage. Both zines are available for purchase on Hannum’s website. Terence Hannum is an artist’s artist – he is deeply passionate about his creations both on the level of his band and in what he makes with his hands. Check out images from this prolific creator’s collections after the jump…