[LINK IN BIO] Fluke 18 has a ten page interview with Professor Susan A. Phillips of Pitzer College and author of The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti. Susan has been researching graffiti since 1990 and shares with us her vast knowledge and discoveries, including graffiti dating back to the early 20th century by legendary hobo A-No. 1. She also talks about Bill Daniel, buZ blurr and Chaz Bojórquez, as well as others. Susan explains the different motives of graffiti writing by trans, queer and straight people—men and women. She also discusses protest graffiti and uses the George Floyd protests as an example to illustrate her perspective. There’s a lot more in the interview and if you haven’t read her new book, it’s a tome of information! Thank you, Susan. “There’s a delightful tension between known and unknown in the graffiti world. It’s one of the things I love about it. In fact, I prefer that tension to knowing the whole story sometimes. One point of view would be that the whole story is something we can never know—even about our own lives.” -Susan A. Phillips #susanaphillips #thecitybeneath #graffiti #graff #colossusofroads #buzblurr #billdaniel #monikermonday #monikers #flukefanzine #flukezine #georgefloyd #georgefloydprotest #losangelesgraffiti #losangelesgraff #chazbojorquez #señorsuerte https://www.instagram.com/p/CC3hnsIjs6I/?igshid=e3o6nn8yhls7
