
ONLY NOISETouching Modigliani - My Patti Smith Pilgrimage
Jennavieve McClelland

Jennavieve McClelland is a conceptual artist whose writing traces the perimeter around the tangible/intangible within the avant-garde. She also performs bedroom punk music and spoken word under the stage name Lehrerin, whose debut album, “Double,” is on cassette. Jennavieve currently writes for Broken Pencil, Exclaim! Media, and Pleasence Records.

ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Jennavieve McClelland tours Patti Smith's New York City in a post-graduate stupor, looking for tangible inspiration from punk's poet laureate. All photos by...