Alex King
Meet the autistic surfer who’s inspired generations of groms
Curt film release — Curt Harper is a SoCal surfing legend who’s never let autism come in the way of doing what he loves. Watch the full Curt documentary here.
Written by: Alex King
Doug Aitken’s visionary Station to Station project arrives in London
A 30 day happening — As the documentary of Aitken’s immense pan-American train journey hits the screens, Station to Station pulls into the Barbican for a 30 day creative takeover.
Written by: Alex King
Cuba’s shining light Daymé Arocena is ready to take centre stage
Mystery, mythology and music — Guided by her Santería saints Yemaya and Ochún, nothing can stop Cuba’s bright young talent Daymé Arocena.
Written by: Alex King
Kamasi Washington shares his influences and inspirations
Things That Inspire Me — Street Fighter to Stravinsky and African street parties helped inspire South Central saxophonist-composer Kamasi Washington’s debut LP The Epic.
Written by: Alex King
Gilles Peterson goes to the heart of Cuba’s thumping rumba scene
Roots of club culture — Afro-Cuban rumba’s pumping rhythms have influenced house, hip hop, jazz and beyond. Musical explorer Gilles Peterson followed the rumba beat all the way to Havana for new new album and documentary that explores the genre’s huge impact.
Written by: Natalie Howard
Meet the leader of the Lower East Side’s last street gang
Colours, crime and second chances — Cochise led the Satan's Sinners Nomads street gang on New York’s Lower East Side in the late 1980s. After being sent to prison for the attempted murder of two gang members, he turned his life around and now makes art.
Written by: Alex King
What inspires skate polymath Mark Whiteley?
Things That Inspire Me — To celebrate the release of former SLAP mag editor Mark Whiteley’s book of skate photography We Are All In the Gutter But Some Of Us Are Holding Flashes, we asked him to share his influences and inspirations.
Written by: Alex King
What we learned from Howard Marks’ Lost Lecture
“I just fight like fuck” — After being diagnosed with terminal cancer last year, Britain’s most notorious drug smuggler Howard Marks made a rare appearance at the Lost Lectures to talk about his former life and battle for cannabis legalisation.
Written by: Alex King
What’s it like to live in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster?
Life after Chernobyl — Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s remarkable documentary Pripyat meets the people who still live and work in the Chernobyl nuclear exclusion zone, surrounded by dangerous levels of radioactive contamination.
Written by: Alex King
Artist Jay Nelson injects a sense of wanderlust into everything he touches
Voyages of discovery — Jay Nelson’s spectacular wooden builds turn mass-produced cars, boats and scooters into beautifully whacky exploration vessels.
Written by: Alex King
