The interstices are where we meet a great deal of what we didn’t know we loved, especially in the realm of art.  Here’s a group who totally get that, and are working to keep those junctions juicy: the Interstitial Arts Foundation.

A cool IAF mini-salon about to happen in NYC concerns itself with the art of the book trailer, not just as a raw vehicle for sales but as a piece of art compelling in its own right.  As K. Tempest Bradford notes:

“Unlike movies, book trailers can’t draw from existing video or music (most of the time) and have to be created from scratch. … Movie trailers are an art and I think book trailers should be, too. It would serve everyone better if book trailers were conceived as pieces of art in themselves. There are so many talented video and film artists out there, many of them doing amazing (and interstitial) work. … Art from necessity.” [You can learn more about the event on their Facebook page.]

Obviously I couldn’t agree more: the trailer for Under the Poppy is a perfect example.  And puppetry is an interstitial art form by nature.  As is fiction.  As is life, I guess, isn’t it.