Interview with COSE

Title

Interview with COSE

Description

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 1980s. In this oral history, COSE describes his time growing up in the South Bronx of the 1970s and 1980s, his time as a stick-up kid and graffiti writer during the early 1980s, his present-day artistic come-back story, and much more.

The interviewers are Dr. Steven Payne, librarian and archivist at The Bronx County Historical Society, and Kurt Boone, prolific documentarian of urban culture for the past 40 years. The Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project is a project of The Bronx County Archives at The Bronx County Historical Society Research Library. This oral history is brought to you through the contribution of Stephen DeSimone, CEO/President of DeSimone Consulting Engineers.

Date

2022.01.19

Language

English

Identifier

OH-BAADP.20220119

Original Format

MP4

Duration

01:38:56

Interviewee

Location

The Bronx, NY

Interview Format

Video

Tags

Citation

Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project, “Interview with COSE,” Bronx History Online, accessed December 27, 2024, https://digital.bronxhistoricalsociety.org/OH-BAADP/OH-BAADP.20220119.

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