Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project

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

Contributor

Boone, Kurt
BUTCH 2
Crespo, Pastor, Jr.
Payne, Steven

Rights

CC-BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons)

Language

English

Identifier

OH-BAADP

Collection Items

Video produced by Shekinah Green for the Community Notes section of this repository, inspired by The Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project

Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on April 13, 2023 with BOM5, a graffiti writer and artist. BOM5 was born in Puerto Rico and migrated to The Bronx with his parents as a young child. In his oral history, BOM 5…

Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on April 6, 2023 with Ree (Fred Vilomar), a pioneering graffiti writer and artist. REE is a Dominican immigrant raised in the South Bronx. In his oral history, Ree talks about…

Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on March 31, 2023 with OLGA, a Puerto Rican graffiti writer raised in the South Bronx where she currently resides. In her oral history OLGA speaks about her experience applying to…

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,…

Part 2 of an oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on May 23, 2022 with SEN-1, who got his start as an original member of the IBM Crew (Incredible Bombing Masters) and has become a world-renowned artist commissioned by…

Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on August 15, 2022 with T-KID 170, a legendary graffiti writer from the Golden Age and world-renowned artist. In his oral history T-KID speaks about his family background in Peru…

Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on June 1, 2022 with KEON, an early graffiti writer from Brooklyn and a member of the Ex-Vandals (among many other crews). In his oral history KEON speaks about his family…

Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on May 24, 2022 with ROCKY 184, one of the original graffiti writers from the famous Writers Corner 188 in Washington Heights. In her oral history ROCKY 184 speaks about her parents…

Part 1 of an oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on May 23, 2022 with SEN-1, who got his start as an original member of the IBM Crew (Incredible Bombing Masters) and has become a world-renowned artist commissioned by…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…
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