An interview with John Felix Arnold about his latest solo exhibition Time as a Sanctuary at Anchorlight Gallery. Interview by Olivia Huntley John Felix Arnold’s solo exhibition, Time as a Sanctuary, investigates concepts such as death, belonging, place, memory, & time. The exhibition hosts a wide range of media, including abstract painting, graphite drawings, video, & sculptural installation. With aesthetic nods to artists like Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, & David Hammons, Arnold has created an environment born out …
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For almost a decade I had been living in Tokyo, Japan. With my wife Haruki and our seven-year-old daughter, Kantra we were on a 13-hour flight from Tokyo to JFK airport in New York City. It was the day before 9/11 and it was our first touchdown in the States. NYC was one of the global epicenters of COVID. At JFK we had to go through immigration and transfer to a connecting flight to Charlotte. Throughout the weeks leading up …
It’s a Sunday night, The Knitting Factory, downtown Manhattan. 9/11 was four years ago. New York City is fighting to get passed the cutting down of its two middle fingers. Ground zero is still a gapping wound. In response, America has dropped cluster bombs on children, invaded Iraq under false pretense, and rolled tanks down Broadway. Taps are on everybody’s phone. Show goers at the Factory are looking to combat the worst of human behavior. They’re here to see Swamburger, …
I’ve known Homeboy Sandman for quite sometime now. We actually met at an outdoor concert thrown by our homie Tah Phrum Duh Bush in Downtown Brooklyn about seven years ago. I had heard his name swinging around a bit before hand so when I saw him actually rock on stage I was impressed. Sometime that day we fell into a casual conversation and the fact that I was a producer came up, now at that point I mainly had done only production …
“It’s ill, ‘cause this is the first interview I’ve done in a while. Call it an interview if you want, but I’m really just venting about a lot of shit that’s been going on,” said Anthony Marshall. A cool, well-mannered Virgo, Marshall, 33 co-founded the legendary MC showcase Lyricist Lounge along with partner and best-friend Danny Castro in the early 90’s when hip-hop was called anything, but music. The Lounge started in New York City as an open mic for …
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