"One thing I have taken from Thunderbitch is a heightened awareness of how the visual objects that are produced in the service of our musical subcultures function as the physical embodiments of our shared experiential history. Every album cover implies a listener. Every zine implies a reader. And every show poster implies a rock-and-roll ritual."
Emily Pothast, The Stranger
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"...the latest project by Daniel R. Smith, the design genius behind the Seattle-Havana, Seattle-Tehran, and Seattle-Moscow Bumbershoot poster shows. Thunderbitch is a whole history of Northwest music, from the 1960s to today, told in designs by women artists."
"Dai flyer completamente DIY della Xerox creati per band semisconosciute..., fino allo studio per copertine di album dal grande budget, che vendettero milioni di copie, è un dato di fatto che alcune designer donna hanno fatto la storia dell'immaginario musicale nel Pacific Northwest..."
Rolling Stone, Italy
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"...behind many great bands was a designing woman..."
The Seattle Times
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"With Thunderbitch...Smith unearths an alternative history of Northwest poster art."
Heather Kirnak, City Arts Magazine
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"Rock can, in some ways, be a dude’s game, but a poster and album artwork show at Tether flips that on its head..."
Laura Cassidy, Seattle Met blog
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"Considering the rebirth and exponential growth of the new DIY scene, gleefully creating art pieces, cassettes, posters, vinyl, and literature on a scale not known since the the 60s, it’s not only an exhibit that promises to relive the old but reinvigorate the new."
Justin Spicer, Seattle Show Gal
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Fluent in Russian? Click here to download an interview with the curator published in Russian World, Seattle's Russian language newspaper.

