January 27, 2012
History made. The MTA board approves project labor agreement. from Mark Ridley-Thomas on Vimeo. Yesterday, I got to witness an historic day in Los Angeles. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board voted in favor of negotiating an agency-wide Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy. The purpose of a PLA agreement is to facilitate the construction [...]
January 13, 2012
On 1.11.12, New Orleans’ Dee 1 and 99problems.org hit the streets of Los Angeles. After getting up with the homie Nipsey Hussle, Dee 1 and the crew hit John Muir High School in Pasadena. Have #missionvision #yaheardme!? Check the video after the jump.
January 13, 2012
Artist Suzanne Lacy is at it again with her anti-rape campaign titled “Three Weeks in January,” based off her original landmark 1977 project “Three Weeks in May.” Location, location, location. This time around, Lacy’s map was installed prominently on the LAPD’s main campus downtown, outside the Deaton Auditorium. It was one sign of the major support Lacy was [...]
November 2, 2011
I was just recently asked to play Grand Theft Auto 4 by a 9-year old. I figured I’d join em and when I did, I was appalled to see how much the game has been modified. At the same time, I was amazed at how good of a reckless driver the kid was. He knew [...]
October 24, 2011
As most of you know, I am a visual anthropologist. I not only study visual representations of culture, but I am also an ethnographic documentary filmmaker. That being said, I love films. I grew up making films with my father, attending international film fests, and I currently intern for Chicago’s International Children’s Film Fest. I [...]
I had an opportunity to interview the very talented Miguel Atwood-Ferguson a few months ago for BET Centric. The L.A. based musician wears many hats including freelance multi-instrumentalist, dj, arranger, composer, music director, producer, and educator.
he smashed this!