October 22, 2014Almost didn’t make it through this, but I’m proper glad I did. A damn interesting book here, especially once you get past the background and first two chapters and in to the full-action of being part of the the urban exploration community around the world. Travelling shotgun around the world with the writer, this will make you want to go…
October 13, 2014Had a bitch of a time tracking this one down, such was it’s popularity that the first two editions of 150 flew out. Out to the photographer behind the project – Brian David Stevens – as well as the publisher / distributor Cafe Royal Books for helping me track down the handful of remaining copies, and of course Awkward Movements crew…
September 12, 2014You’re going to have bear us with for a bit of a lengthy post here, but discovering this man’s work has been a rabbit-hole of rewarding discovery. Happened to catch Cyber Dreaming on ABC a couple of months ago, a short documentary around graphic artist Stuart Campbell, and the long-form directorial debut of Indigenous director Majid Heath. Cyber Dreaming focusses primarily…
September 1, 2014There’s been much written on this book already, but having properly immersed myself in it at last, I had to get some love up for it. Following on from Clarks In Jamaica, One Love Books have chosen to document Hudderfsield’s historical status as a dub and reggae capital outside of Jamaica in the ’70s and ’80s. Despite being geo-specific, Sound System…
July 22, 2014So much in love with this project; the fact that the music so good is almost an added bonus. Okay, that may be taking it too far, as at it’s core is amazing composition, but you can’t ignore how well it ties in to a brilliant concept beautifully executed from recording to delivery. Theo Brown and The Folklore Of Dartmoor is…
July 2, 2014Just launched from photographer Kevin Couliau comes Asphalt Chronicles, a new independent publication showcasing pick-up basketball across the world through imagery. Couliau is an amazing photographer and his love of the game has seen him photographing it in more than fifty countries across the globe since 2004. Each limited issue of Asphalt Chronicles will focus on a different region, exhibiting Couliau’s photographs in…
June 27, 2014Through collaboration with Refugee Week and My Journey, seven migrants to London have produced illustrations to share their journeys as refugees through their own eyes. Pleasantly surprised about the varying formats, lengths and most importantly message. Thought I knew what I was in store for, but the underlying message of getting “swallowed up” by the new home city and the…
May 15, 2014Really stunning work here from Berlin based graphic design and illustration student Sandra Leidecker. Geektown Detroit is the name given to her (as yet unfinished) book project, showcasing the history of techno in Detroit through her illustrations. What started as a thesis for Leidedker quickly gathered steam and became a physical prototype book, an exhibition, a series of prints and now…
March 18, 2014Spent a couple of hours lost on thebohemianblog.com the other night, Darmon Richter’s online presence as an urban explorer and writer. Journeying down to Melbourne and picking up the second volume of Beauty In Decay (more on this later) it was pretty good timing to come across his recount of crawling through the city’s underground sewers, Richter’s currently best known…
February 11, 2014Last year’s Festival Of Dangerous Ideas was keynoted by David Simon, creator ofThe Wire. Arguably the most disappointing offering of the event, the focus should have really been put on the closing speech of the Sunday, given by the national treasure that is John Safran. Safran was there to talk about his experience writing Murder In Mississippi, published by Penguin, and…