
THE GIMP MASK – THE BONDAGE CROWN OF ANONYMITY
Words by Jess Ralph The Gimp Mask- While a certain cohort of the sartorially minded has immersed itself in the unabashed girlishness of the Y2K
Researching, exploring and reporting British inspired Subculture and Art past and present. Our subculture blog delves into the roots of Northern Soul and simultaneously reports on the contemporary Northern Soul scene. It interviews emerging new wave bands that themselves are inspired by the original punk bands appearing across another page of the Blog.
It charts the evolution of Subcultures from their emergence in the 60’s and 70’s to a more inclusive and equitable movement today. The underground and subcultures are never fixed in one place or time. They have strong and meaningful reference points but are always evolving.
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Words by Jess Ralph The Gimp Mask- While a certain cohort of the sartorially minded has immersed itself in the unabashed girlishness of the Y2K
Narrative by Jess Ralph It can be tempting to ascribe certain social and artistic movements to a specific point of history, and a handful of
Words by Jess Ralph A new exhibition at Somerset House exposes what a little island of horrors we really are. From the camp, the uncanny,
We invited five young creatives based in New York to speak with us about their work and and the best music scenes in NYC. Finishing
Words by Jess Ralph Poetry. It’s a form of literature that usually conjures up thoughts of romanticised ramblings about the weather, twee victorian verses with rhyming
Words by Jess Ralph Underground speaks to Olli Hull, the London based artist and designer who is blurring the lines between fashion and the visual arts
Words by Jess Ralph Chris Killip is hailed as one of the most influential and pioneering British photographers of the latter half of the 20th century.
Words by Jess Fynn Death Valley Girls are into magic. Witchcraft. The occult. Paganism. They travel through cities like wanderers in the desert, looking for
The idea of printing onto fabric, has been around some 1800 years when silk printing was developed in China. It was only in the 1960s,
One of the most outrageous and Punk moments of ’76-77 didn’t take place in the UK, or the USA. It oddly enough took place in
As a brand informed by subculture and music, it is the subcultures of past that inspire us to serve the cultures of today. The late
The latest in our series investigating overlooked or obscured figures in musical and subcultural history takes a look at the tragic yet influential post-punk guitarist
Weddings have always been the official symbol of love, the act of publicly officialising one’s relationship to be bound until “death do us part.” For
Known most notably for their large presence within the brit-pop scene of the 90s, Blur are Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon, and Dave Rowntree.
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