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(art)ributes

I painted a wall. A big one. And that usually is the extent of the story. But there’s more to this one, and these points were important t...

Jersey Boys

Lexington Avenue doesn’t have a reputation for being the best neighborhood in Jersey City. At all. Stories of shootings, stabbings and o...

into (public) space

I had this conversation with Steffi Bow yesterday about my linear journey through art from the world of academics and galleries to the fr...

I (finally) have something to say

There's a lens and stigma that separate us from domestic abuse. Maybe it's the word "domestic" which implies 'private' which implies 'not...

Classroom canvas project - Scribble Foundation

Combining cultural theory/ sociology with art (my academic background) was always about emphasizing the social in creativity. Art isn't m...

the lessons we learnt (ode to 2015)

magically tragically with a hint of despair the lessons we learnt these attempts to repair to rebuild, to revisit, to revamp, to agree th...

Viking Wouter Bird

I was recently introduced to Wouter Kingma by the guys at RedBull UAE. Wouter is a Dutch photographer based in Dubai who oozes creativity...

Shubbak Festival - London - July 2015

This past summer after trekking around New York state for a month I hopped across to London. I used to live in London when I was doing my...

The Word is Yours Festival, Amman, Jordan, October 2015

The wall was beautiful. Fragile. Old and wise. There was a dead bird lying at its foot which was fitting for what I'd come prepared to pa...

"Dear Day" (ode to 2014)

Dear day, Hello. You’re unexpectedly, abruptly below The up to here line The fine line the finish line And in this melancholy, not so muc...

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