How can design be a performative act? What insights can be gleaned from a production by approaching it from the perspective of its graphic identity? Ben Schwartz speaks with designer Andrew J.S., dancemaker Kate Wallich, and musician Mike Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) on their collaboration The Sun Still Burns Here, a lush dance/live music performance coming to the Walker this winter.

In the third installment of Uncovered, a regular series on The Gradient focused on the process and influences behind recent album artwork, we talk with Ecuador-born, New York–based artist Mr. iozo about his photographs for the recent campaign around A$AP Rocky’s Testing.

In the second installment of “Uncovered,” a regular series on The Gradient focused on the process and influences behind recent album artwork, we hear straight from the designers behind new releases from Fever Ray, the label Country Music, and Mouse on Mars.

In the first installment of “Uncovered,” a regular series on The Gradient focused on the process and influences behind recent album artwork, we hear straight from the designers behind new releases from Young Fathers, Against All Logic, and Total Control.