Conny Hawk & — Nadine Kerastas

If this is a secret handshake, I’m glad we found each other.

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. conny hawk & nadine kerastas

There are some pairings that feel less like a collaboration and more like an accident caught on film. Conny Hawk and Nadine Kerastas is one of those pairings. If this is a secret handshake, I’m glad

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. A 16mm shot of a payphone ringing in

Ghosts in the Reel: The Strange Beauty of Conny Hawk & Nadine Kerastas