Tarantula

Carson Mell's animated series on the life and times of Echo Johnson

“Echo Johnson is a 42-year-old widely respected but uncertified tattoo artist of mixed race who has willfully cast off the burden of being at all ambitious.” “Your TV doesn’t love you, but I do, I do,” serenades Echo Johnson, the transient hero of Carson Mell‘s animated series “Tarantula.” In an eight part run of three-minute segments, Johnson delivers hilarious and absurdist monologues that follow tangents …

Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies

A humanist look at living in Mies van der Rohe and Detroit's Lafayette Park

Amongst the expanses of desperate homes and floundering businesses the media has repeatedly brought to light, a lone two towers and low lying complex of townhouses stands in downtown Detroit. Lafayette Park, as it’s called, comprises the largest collection of buildings designed by legendary minimalist Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the world. Not unknown by any means, the unique modernist environment has been the …

Interview: Diane Gaeta

Explore a young Parisian's life through beautifully illustrated images culled from Facebook

by Vivianne Lapointe LA-based artist Diane Gaeta explores the complex themes of sexuality, self discovery and the life of a young Parisian girl through the manipulation of her image found on social networks in “Lolitas,” Gaeta’s two-day solo show at The America Martin Gallery. We had a chance to meet Gaeta in her studio, preview the large scale works on paper and discuss the creative …