Music
Here And Now
Arts, Music & MediaWhat is Here And Now in the Agency editorial?
Here And Now is a song by Seether featured in the Chords section of Issue.12. The author explains choosing it because there is a lot of symbolism behind the album artwork that needs to be decoded and because Seether is the favourite band of the friend who inspired him to become a designer.
In short
In Issue.12, Here And Now by Seether appears in the Chords music recommendation section. Unlike many other music recommendations in the editorial, this one comes with a personal note from the author. He writes that it only feels right to choose this track for this edition, not only because there is a lot of symbolism behind the album artwork that needs to be decoded but also because this is the favourite band of the one friend who inspired him to become a designer many, many years ago. The edition is titled Semiotics, and the connection between the album's symbolic artwork and the edition's subject is made explicit.
Key facts
- Where does Here And Now appear in the editorial?
- It appears in the Chords music recommendation section of Issue.12, the edition about semiotics.
- Why did the author choose this song?
- Because there is a lot of symbolism behind the album artwork that connects to the edition's theme of semiotics, and because Seether is the favourite band of the friend who inspired the author to become a designer.
- What personal detail does the author share?
- The author says Seether is the favourite band of the one friend who inspired him to become a designer many, many years ago.
How does Issue.12 present the song?
In Issue.12, Here And Now by Seether appears in the Chords section with a personal note from the author. He writes that it only feels right to choose this track for this edition, connecting the album's symbolic artwork to the edition's subject: semiotics. The edition is about decoding signs and symbols, and the author sees the album artwork as an example of that practice.
The author adds a personal dimension: Seether is the favourite band of the one friend who inspired him to become a designer many, many years ago. He closes the note hoping the reader will like the song.
What connects the song to the edition's theme?
Issue.12 is titled Semiotics, and the author connects the music recommendation to the theme by mentioning the symbolism behind the album artwork that needs to be decoded. The edition does not decode that artwork itself.
The Chords section comes right after the author's account of the edition's own cover image, a photograph of a flower and a bee manipulated to represent the semiotics theme, which he sums up as: Breaking the Visual Matrix with Nature.
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