Felicia Atkinson on Whispering, Silence, and Her Upcoming Album 'Image Language'

Felicia Atkinson, a Paris-born artist and musician (b. 1981), discusses her multidisciplinary practice spanning minimalist music, environmental installations, and publications. In an interview with Artribune, she explains that her music—characterized by whispers, reverberations, and long pauses—is a way to feel close to listeners, inspired by paintings, books, and walks. She sees no separation between her music and visual art, describing them as different lights of the same prism. Atkinson co-founded Shelter Press with her husband Bartolomé Sanson, a label and publishing house run solely by the couple. She will perform at the Jazz is Dead! festival in Turin, Italy, presenting a set that previews her upcoming album 'Image Language', due out on Shelter Press later this year. The album draws on the role of inner voices and monologues in 1950s avant-garde cinema and literature.