Rongrong Liu: Light

  Video and Text by Rongrong Liu, Copyright 2019 . LIGHT . This video art project is all about light. I started thinking of using light as my main subject when I saw the disco ball installation recently at the Institute of Contemporary Art. What’s most interesting about it is that what I am able … Read more

Bob Shell: Fighting Monsters

  Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #33 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . FIGHTING MONSTERS . Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”. I’ve been fighting a monster known as The Commonwealth of Virginia since my life was disrupted in … Read more

Mikala Mikrut: The Best Way to Speak to a Monster is From a Distance

Text by Mikala Mikrut, Copyright 2019 . Artwork by Christopher Suciu, Copyright 2019 . The Best Way to Speak to a Monster is From a Distance . Humans have always feared the unknown. More often than not, it meant death. Throughout time, the term “monster” has been used to explain the inexplicable whether it was … Read more

Bob Shell: Prostitution?

  Bob Shell: Letters From Prison #32 . Letters by Bob Shell, Copyright 2019 . PROSTITUTION? . As you know, prostitution is illegal almost everywhere in the USA. Should it or other “victimless crimes” be? That’s a question I’ve pondered over for years. Basically, I’m a Libertarian. I’m in favor of the smallest possible government … Read more

Diary: Theresa. A Visit to Alcatraz

   Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2019 . Diary: Theresa. A Visit to Alcatraz. 1980 . I first laid eyes on Theresa as she excited a cable car on a side street next to the Fairmount Hotel where I was staying in San Francisco on assignment in 1980.  She walked directly towards me … Read more