Alex King
Owiny Sigoma Band explore the birthplace of Luo music in Kenya’s Nyanza Province
Huck exclusive documentary premiere — Nyanza documents Owiny Sigoma Band’s journey through Kenya to get closer to the roots of Luo music and record their third album.
Written by: Alex King
Meet the creative nomads building new lives on the move
Our top five wandering projects — A new generation of artists and creatives are taking their lives mobile to revolutionise their relationship with the world around them.
Written by: Alex King
Street artists bomb primetime with 'Homeland is racist’ graffiti
Hacking Homeland — Artists Heba Amin, Caram Kapp and Stone cover Homeland’s set with slogans that mock the show’s inaccurate and damaging portrayal of the Middle East and War on Terror.
Written by: Alex King
Free flowing jazz meets UK bass music on LV’s remarkable Ancient Mechanisms
Clicks, echoes & imperfections — South London production duo LV feature Armenian jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan on their new LP Ancient Mechanisms to create a living and breathing album that organically fuses live performance, far-out sampling and electronic beats.
Written by: Alex King
Ondi Timoner on the documentary Russell Brand doesn’t want you to see
Messiahs, narcissists and changing the world — Dig! and We Live in Public director Ondi Timoner is drawn to visionaries. But like Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe and infamous internet pioneer Josh Harris before him, Russell Brand is attempting to sabotage her portrayal of him, Brand: A Second Coming.
Written by: Alex King
A world-champion kickboxer reflects on his greatest challenge
Short film: One More Round — Nobody could touch Stuart Lawson in the ring, but it was his own body that almost defeated him.
Written by: Alex King
The constant reinvention of skateboarding’s dark genius Scott Bourne
New book: Orgy Porgy: Short Stories and True Tales — Former pro-skateboarder Scott Bourne on his new chapter as a poet, novelist and father based in Paris.
Written by: Alex King
For Diàna Markosian and Adam Patterson, collaboration unlocks great storytelling
Collective Truths photography talk at 71a — Photographers Diàna Markosian and Adam Patterson have learned stories are better told when you invite other voices in. Join us at Huck’s 71a Gallery on Tuesday October 20 to hear stories and insights from their recent projects 1915 and Another Lost Child.
Written by: Alex King
Graffiti pioneer RUN asks if we've left our primitive roots behind
Man is God — Have we become 21st Century gods? Giacomo Bufarini aka RUN’s new show Man is God questions our relationship to the world around us.
Written by: Alex King
Yan Morvan: The French photographer who flirts with death for every shot
A History of Violence — French photographer Yan Morvan places himself within firing range of criminals, gangs and wars. But it was in the deprived Parisian suburbs that he caught a glimpse of a future tragedy that many refused to foresee.
Written by: Alex King
