Turntable Tuesday : Guerilla Gardeners and J Dilla

First thing about this image to set the mood in motion is the chalkboard style lettering Food Is Free on the side panel of the minivan.  First heard about these community style gardens by way of  Ron Finley’s talk at TED and his giant effort in south central Los Angeles. Wicking bed garden technology (self watering gardens) makes community gardens sustainable and a good way to connect with people and create green edible landscapes where non would otherwise exist.

Studio Tunes: 

Very Busy People by The Limousines
and a few by Detroit’s late Hip Hop extraordinaire J Dilla

Time: The donut of The Heart  
DeWitt To Do It: J Dilla Lost Scrolls Vol.1
Ruff and Rugged 

Detroit Printing Plant :: Amos Kennedy

I contributed to Amos Kennedy’s campaign via Indiegogo is to construct a place where people can come to share and learn the craft of letterpress in Detroit. Detroit’s Printing Plant's goal is to also eventually incorporate activities like book-binding and a handmade paper mill...and maybe, just maybe a hostel for visitors and bakery.  I think this is such a wonderful project for a city like Detroit and wish the best to Amos.

The Gun Show

'The Gun Show' are crowdsourced posters by artists rallied by Creative Action Network to give voice to curbing gun violence. It was a fun and thought provoking project I contributed for. It gave me the chance to think about what guns mean in our culture and to myself--one of my favorite directors is Quentin Tarantino after all. His style isn’t exactly shy about using violence and guns to get his point across. 

 

And so it seems we are at once in love with the representation of guns--at the way its point cracks the surface of the paper, and repulsed once the imperfections show through. It’s the salty sweet effect that can make something not just more palatable but enjoyable. 

Dangerous