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JOSEPH KECKLER
Joseph Keckler is a musician, writer and artist who zeroes in on moments from daily life to reveal strange, absurd, and affecting underworld voyages. He performs widely, having been featured by NPR's Tiny Desk series, Lincoln Center, Centre Pompidou, among others. His writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, Vice and elsewhere, and in 2018 his first essay and story collection Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World was published by Turtle Point Press. In 2019 he premiered two full length works— the critically acclaimed Train With No Midnight with Beth Morrison Projects and an amalgamation of opera deaths, the ensemble piece Let Me Die, with Opera Philadelphia— and toured the U.S. as the national support act for rock band Sleater-Kinney. In 2021 he was an artist in residence at Dartmouth College and the Ringling Museum of Art. His work has been supported by Creative Capital, NYFA, and Franklin Furnace among others. He is currently working on new films, live performances, and recordings.