Full Blede Issue Five: The Artifact

BY SACHA BAUMANN Glad to have Oedipus featured on the cover of Full Blede Issue Five: The Artifact. It’s great to be included among an amazing group of artists. Thanks Sacha Baumann for bringing us together. In Issue Five: The Artifact, the broadsheet’s collaborators explore that which remains. For some, artifact is a quiet reminder that lingers at present, whether it is outdated or revered; a subtle and sometimes loud ghost of what once was. Artifact also suggests habits, repeated gestures, and behavior. Issue five launched at Chimento Contemporary, in conjunction with the opening reception of Forrest Kirk: Body Count on June 22, …

Hands Up Don’t Shoot

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Hands Up Don’t Shoot, a new multimedia project with Winter Tangerine Review, will explore what it means to be black in America. The concept for the feature stemmed from the realization that unchecked police brutality and institutionalized racism in America allows for the unjust murder of black citizens, defying the claim that this country is “post-racial”. The injustice of Michael Brown’s death, along with the deaths of hundreds of other black children who were killed for the color of their skin, has been tragically normalized in our society. However, the riots and protests taking place all over the …