Fans began splicing Hawk’s guitar loops over Kerastas’ silent short films. The result is haunting. A 16mm shot of a payphone ringing in an empty parking lot, paired with Hawk’s whisper-sung line “you said you’d call before the snow” — it shouldn’t work. It works too well.
Ghosts in the Reel: The Strange Beauty of Conny Hawk & Nadine Kerastas conny hawk & nadine kerastas
There are some pairings that feel less like a collaboration and more like an accident caught on film. Conny Hawk and Nadine Kerastas is one of those pairings. Fans began splicing Hawk’s guitar loops over Kerastas’
If this is a secret handshake, I’m glad we found each other. It works too well
Listen to: “Drive Home (Empty Passenger)” — Hawk Watch: “Kerosene Morning” (a 4-minute supercut by Kerastas) Feel: The space between what’s said and what’s left on the cutting room floor.
In an era of hyper-curated, sharp-edged content, Conny Hawk & Nadine Kerastas feel like a beautiful glitch. They remind us that art doesn’t always need a press release. Sometimes, two strangers on opposite ends of a country make better art about each other than they ever could together in a studio.
If you haven’t stumbled across the name yet, don’t worry. You’re not late. You’re right on time. Their work together—if you can even call it “work” in the traditional sense—exists in the cracks between lo-fi VHS transfers, forgotten soundcloud playlists, and the kind of 3 AM photography that feels like a half-remembered dream.