Modern Electric Tattoo

4 Apr, 2014

Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

2014-04-04T16:36:51-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Sam Steward's fascinating life as a shapeshifter linked many disparate worlds: literature, sexual research, academia and tattoo art.  For this iteration of Homo File I've taken a dive into researching Steward's life as a tattoo artist. In this world he went by the name Phil Sparrow. I recently read his fascinating and really well written book Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tatoo with Gangs, Sailors and Street-Corner Punks 1950-1965. It's pretty pricey since it is a

24 Jun, 2014

Fly in the Ointment: Help lubricate Homo File

2014-06-24T15:32:23-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Homepage Links, Images, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

by Gary Ivanek   What a wonderful run !!! It's been a week since we closed Homo File and the excitement continues. We sold out 8 of 9 shows in our run and we are starting to make plans to take the show to other cities.                                       Here are some images from the show that we thought you might like. And

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