Author Asher Hartman in LA Weekly

Meet an Artist Monday: Asher Hartman

“Asher Hartman is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, director and performer whose psychologically charged, absurdist and surreal productions are infused with a profound skepticism toward the violent underpinnings of our culture. Hartman is the founder of Gawdafful National Theater and a member of the performative duo Krystal Krunch (with Haruko Tanaka), and he teaches intuition-building practices to those who would benefit.

His new book Mad Clot on a Holy Bone: Memories of a Psychic Theater was just released on X Artists’ Books, the first published collection of his art and especially his playwriting, much of which evolved during his association with interdisciplinary arts house Machine Project between 2010 and 2017.

L.A. WEEKLY: When did you first know you were an artist? 

ASHER HARTMAN: I knew I was an artist when I wrote, directed, produced and acted in my first play “Girl of the Bluebells” in first grade. I wore fake matted hair and sacrificed myself for spring by taking a cardboard blade from my beaded necklace and stabbing myself in the throat.”

Read the full article on LA Weekly here.