Could we stand to replicate? — In a climate of rehabilitation, community service and electronic tagging, jail cells in the Netherlands are being left completely vacant – leading to mass closures of prisons around the country. Could it be yet another progressive Dutch stance we could stand to replicate?
Written by: Adam White
Things That Inspire Me — As part of last week's SXSW festival, Jasper Wong was among a collective of graffiti artists to transform the bare walls of downtown Austin into colourful tapestries. HUCK tracked him down to source his greatest creative inspirations.
Written by: Adam White
Advice for aspiring campaigners — Lee-Anne Davis turned her back on Hollywood to fulfil her life-long dream of becoming a game ranger. Now a prolific conservationist in South Africa, Lee-Anne campaigns to protect the threatened rhino population, routinely slaughtered for their horn, through her project Our Horn is NOT Medicine. As part of our ongoing series, How To Make It On Your Own, the tireless campaigner shares some words of hard-won wisdom.
Written by: Adam White
Presenting Gallery 1957 — Named after the year in which Ghana became an independent nation, Gallery 1957 is a new contemporary art gallery opening in the country's capital, where local artists will finally be able to exhibit their work at home, rather than just internationally.
Written by: Adam White
#FreeKesha — Pop star Kesha is trapped in a record contract with the man she alleges abused her, but it could potentially be the sort of scandal that radically alters an industry rotten at its core.
Written by: Adam White
Saying goodbye to an architectural movie star — Local landmark, subculture magnet and Hollywood star – Los Angeles' 6th Street Viaduct was many things to many people. Until it was torn down in late January, to be replaced by a space-age bridge straight out of the millennial architect handbook. Residents are worried, while others, including Dogtown legend CR Stecyk, continue to mourn its legacy.
Written by: Adam White
Portrait of a West Midlands Council estate — Artist, photographer and Turner Prize nominee Richard Billingham grew up on a Birmingham council estate in the dark days of Thatcher’s 1980s. His own family’s everyday struggle and battles with alcoholism inspired his iconic project Ray’s a Laugh. Now he's planning to reinterpret his work as a feature film.
Written by: Adam White
Defiant Sounds — Huck 54 is packed with stories of defiance, like Iraqi heavy metal band Dark Phantom, whose provocative music rallies against government corruption. Constantly forced under the radar by political leaders and Islamic extremists, they are part of a wave of metal acts fighting the power across the the Middle East. Here are some of the loudest voices.
Written by: Adam White
Treadmills are so 2006 — Pioneers of the viral music video, OK Go are back with yet another expertly-choreographed visual spectacle – this time in zero gravity. And no, it's not CGI. To find out how it all came together, Huck spoke with the band's long-time video director and collaborator, Trish Sie.
Written by: Adam White
Fifty Shades of Spray — Artist and designer Herbert Lemon is the man behind Fifty Shades of Spray – a pocket-sized, colour-themed zine that combines his love for local and international street graffiti with the pop energy of vintage DIY zines. Huck spoke to Herbert to talk about his one-man operation.
Written by: Adam White