Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project
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Title
Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project
Description
The Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project is a collaboration between Kurt Boone, veteran documentarian of urban culture in New York City, and Dr. Steven Payne, librarian and archivist at The Bronx County Historical Society. The project aims to document the early years of the graffiti arts movement in The Bronx through recording oral histories and collecting tags from surviving Bronx pioneers of the art form.
Creator
Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project
Publisher
The Bronx County Archives at The Bronx County Historical Society Research Library
Contributor
Boone, Kurt
Payne, Steven
Rights
CC-BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons)
Collection Items
Interview with BG 183 (TATS CRU)
Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on March 1, 2022 with BG 183, a member of the legendary Tats Cru, one of the most prolific Bronx graffiti crews painting whole cars and trains during the Golden Era of the 1980s and…
Tag from BG 183 (Tats Cru)
Digital image of tag written by BG 183 (Tats Cru) for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Interview with BUTCH 2 (TFP)
Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on January 18, 2022 with BUTCH 2, a pioneer in the graffiti arts movement from The Bronx, a master of wild style lettering design, a member of The Fantastic Partners (TFP), and one…
Tag from BUTCH 2 (TFP)
Digital image of tag written by BUTCH 2 (TFP) for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Interview with COSE (TDS)
Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on January 19, 2022 with COSE, a member of The Death Squad (TDS) and one of the most prolific graffiti artists in New York City during the Golden Age of graffiti during the early…
Tag from COSE (TDS)
Digital image of tag written by COSE (TDS) for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Interview with DOSE MPC
Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on May 19, 2022 with DOSE MPC, current president and longtime member of the Morris Park Crew, a notorious Bronx graffiti crew with one of the toughest reputations out there. In his…
Tag from DOSE MPC
Digital image of tag written by DOSE MPC for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Tag from KEON (Ex-Vandals)
Digital image of tag written by KEON (Ex-Vandals) for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Tag from ROCKY 184 (WC 188)
Digital image of tag written by ROCKY 184 (WC 188) for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Interview with Scratch
Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on March 28, 2023 with SCRATCH, a Swedish graffiti writer from Stockholm who currently resides in Spanish Harlem. In her oral history SCRATCH speaks about her family background,…
Tag from SEN-1 (IBM)
Digital image of tag written by SEN-1 (IBM) for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Interview with SLAVE (TF5)
Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on February 9, 2022 with SLAVE, a member of The Fabulous Five (The Fab 5ive), one of the most accomplished graffiti crews, the first to paint an entire operational train in 1977.…
Tag from SLAVE (The Fab 5ive)
Digital image of tag written by SLAVE (The Fab 5ive) for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Interview with STAFF 161 (TED), Part 1
Part 1 of an oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on February 23, 2022 with STAFF 161, a true pioneer of the graffiti arts movement in The Bronx, and the founder of the first Bronx graffiti crew, The Ebony Dukes…
Interview with STAFF 161 (TED), Part 2
Part 2 of an oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on March 23, 2022 with STAFF 161, a true pioneer of the graffiti arts movement in The Bronx, and the founder of the first Bronx graffiti crew, The Ebony Dukes Graffiti…
Tag from STAFF 161 (TED)
Digital image of tag written by STAFF 161 (TED) for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
Tag 2 from T-KID 170
Digital image of second tag written by T-KID 170 for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project.
On the Tracks: Graffiti in NYC (Community Notes)
Video produced by Shekinah Green for the Community Notes section of this repository, inspired by The Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project