Electricity is on the move. So, too, is language. The 'Lectric Collective is interested in orchestrating collisions between the language arts and other art forms, to re-establish a kinetic relationship among them, and to ignite artistic mobility through its diverse contemporary vehicles. We are devoted to process and the healthy continuation of artistic junctions.
The collective curates a number of projects revolving around the intersection of the literary and plastic arts, like the Ekphrastic! art show/reading series, the soon-t0-be-launched web documentary thereyet.me, all of which are detailed on the PROJECTS section of this site. Together the collective has written one collaborative chapbook (One Hundred), a short play (Breadsongs), and has created a variety of visual works.
The collective was formed in March 2010 out of a workshop and friendship among writers who initially came together through the creative writing department at UC Berkeley. The collective is interested in experiments (artistic, scientific, and other), collaboration, combining lyric and brusquerie, and whiskey and lots of it.
Jillian Roberts, Kelsa Trom, and Sarah Rothberg currently constitute the collective. They reside happily together in Oakland, CA.
