Tyler Holmes (They/Them) is a singer-songwriter, visual and performance artist who uses music as a therapeutic tool. Coming from a turbulent and traumatic ‘cult-like’ early life, Holmes has spent a lifetime crafting their own Black, Queer narrative by pushing the limits of their imagination. They use a surrealist lens on a wide variety of genres, often blending diaristic narratives with dark, dream-like whimsy. Autobiographical and absurd, their writing is alluring and uncomfortable. Both brutal and beautiful, bringing the audience into a shared space of healing and catharsis. They perform with a constantly changing electro-acoustic arrangement, always finding new ways to showcase an intimate horror. Most recently Holmes’ released their music video “Nothing” via Paper Magazine. In 2019/20 they released a series of EP’s and Spring 2021 marked the release of their highly anticipated new LP “Nightmare In Paradise” on Ratskin Records. Their current projects include a virtual tour, a visual album of reworked versions of their current release and an electro-acoustic all Black opera based on the life of third century Roman emperor Elagabalus.
https://ratskin.org/tylerholmes
Tylerholmes.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @thetylerholmes
About the Work
Reverse Chariot is a living document capturing the process of creating the movement elements for a large-scale upcoming experimental operatic film. Each component and stage of the process of the film’s production will be documented to be shared individually and as segments in the feature herself.