& Nadine Kerastas: Conny Hawk

When Hawk’s grainy demo tape “Stairwell Songs” leaked in 2022, someone online noticed that Kerastas had used a still from one of his live sets in her piece “Blue After the Bell.” Neither confirmed it was intentional. That’s when the myth started.

Ghosts in the Reel: The Strange Beauty of Conny Hawk & Nadine Kerastas conny hawk & nadine kerastas

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. When Hawk’s grainy demo tape “Stairwell Songs” leaked

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. The result is haunting

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.