Photo Series: Canadian Autumn

Memorial Park Windsor 2

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The African Cypher. Street Dance Culture Of South Africa.

The African Cypher 2

  “I dance as if I have a gun to my head.” -Mada Sthembiso   The African Cypher; a documentary by Bryan Little.   From the film’s Vimeo page:   The African Cypher is the birthplace of ritual celebration, council, story telling and dance.   Street dance in South Africa is a complex, convoluted underworld; [...]

An Interview With Artist SeanFuckingGammon

Sean Fucking Gammon at Common Ground

  SeanFuckingGammon is a Canadian artist based in Windsor, Ontario.  I thought I’d catch up with him.   First off, we’ve known one another for a seriously long time and I suspect I’m among others who had no idea you not only were into creating art, but that you were talented as well. There seemed [...]

Photo Series: Detroit 313

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STYLE WARS: The New York Hip Hop + Graff Doc 1982

art is not a crime

  Created by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant between 1981 and 1982, STYLE WARS captured New York’s emerging street culture.     The original piece, shot for Public Television utilized 69 minutes of the original 30 hours of footage. Over the decades the footage became damaged and faded in storage. In December 2011 restoration was [...]

Beauty In Decay: THE HEIDELBERG PROJECT, DETROIT

heidelberg project detroit

  “I began to see beauty in the ugliness.” – Tyree Guyton, from Come Unto Me:  The Faces of Tyree Guyton, 1999     Commencing in 1986, The Heidelberg Project is Detroit native Tyree Guyton’s brain x soul child.   A once forgotten slick of tar in a neighbourhood left to die, Heidelberg St. has [...]

LET THE ARTS ROAM. EL MAC + RETNA

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    The following, including the text, sourced from Vimeo.     Let The Arts Roam from I Am Los Angeles on Vimeo. Wherever they go, they try to make something that makes sense for the neighborhood, and the community. And they always make something positive, something the artists hope people can enjoy — regardless [...]

Beginnings: THE COUNTRY – THAILAND

Bangkok, Thailand, 2009

  The Thailand I live, may not be the Thailand you know. I haven’t been able to find a reference point for it in any literature I’ve found. I know few people who relate to it.   I train muay thai or thai boxing, fulltime. Tourist attractions and most things status quo rarely interest me. [...]