ira rat is an artist from ames, iowa. his work spans various mediums, including graphic design, video, music, performance, and writing. drawing on various avant-garde art movements and his midwestern cultural influences, his work is about lack of identity and deconstructing post-modern consumer culture.
ira also runs the press filthy loot
for more information, ask.
connect
email: eyerarat@gmail.com
social media: instagram – twitter
past work
fiction
hairs (Coming Soon)
Pacifier
Participation Trophy
Learned Animals (Chapbook, Out of Print)
poetry
Juvenillia (Out of Print)
the medication (talented perverts)
bitter
endless now (coming soon)
non-fiction
a beginner’s guide to extreme horror (w/ Jon Steffens)
edited by
F•cked Up Stories 1
F•cked Up Stories 2
F•cked Up Stories 3
Teenage Grave
Little Birds
Isolation is Safety
Dirt in the Sky
Fucked Up Stories
anthology appearances
Stories of the Eye
Rock’n’Roll Horror Zine Vol. 1
Sniffing Ants Zine Vol. 1
Deep Fried Horror (April, 2019)
online writing
Philosophical Idiot (currently offline)
Misery Tourism
Ubu #5
art
i’m sorry mom
inspiration is theft
Forgery and Lies
video art
brian’s dream
algorithms > people