Interview with STAFF 161 (TED), Part 1

Interview with STAFF 161 (TED), Part 1

Graffiti arts movement

STAFF 161

The Ebony Dukes G.C.

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 Graffiti Club. In this oral history, STAFF 161 describes his time growing up in Harlem, Staten Island, and the South Bronx of the 1960s and 1970s and how the Bronx context especially shaped his and others' approach to graffiti during this time period.

2022

CC-BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons).

This interview made possible through the donation of Stephen DeSimone, President/CEO of DeSimone Consulting Engineers.

Payne, Steven

Boone, Kurt

STAFF 161

The Bronx, N.Y.

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