Monday, 13 March 2023
Governors, Duo's, Lone-wolfs - Graf Storytellers of old London Town
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Uncle Yammy; The great storyteller of life behind the door
Thought this was definitly one for the wildcorner corner. Check out Yammy B's youtube channel for his regular stories from over 40 years in the uk prison system.
Yammy came from an extremely traumatic childhood and was put into care at the age of 9 and then on to borstal and then prison. He spent years in the 'Cat A's' where he got hooked on class a drugs and became a notorious hitman for various inmates.
He is now many years clean and a reformed character. He is an amazing story teller, with bags of charisma, natural intellect and humble wisdom .. and so dam likeable too! His stories come effortlessly from his memory and couldn't be told better if they had been written and rehearsed a hundred times.
Here also is his excellent James English interview which goes back to his childhood and where he is at today.
Thursday, 10 November 2022
The Swamp [Vol 1] Extended Trailer - NEWNESS!
This is a trailer for my first video in a new series.
The videos explore the infamous Swamp; a secluded piece of wild land in Lewisham and are made from footage I filmed there over the last 20 years.
In this first chapter I look at the mysterious pond and the unnamed stream.
Run time of full film: 24 mins
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Wild Cornerz Show this week in Peckham
Im showing my new video 'The Swamp' this week as part of a group show named after this very blog. The video is the first of a new series made of footage filmed at the infamous swamp over the last 20 years. Accompanying the video I am showing my shrine to the Swamp [pictured below].
Im exhibiting alongside three other local artists; Andrew Finch, Tobias and Ed Carter who's work also explores wildness in someway.
Heres a small feature about the show on Radical Art Review: https://www.radicalartreview.org/post/floods-riots-and-pirate-radio-exploring-lewisham-s-forgotten-corners
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Back from the future!
It's been a minute on here. I started posting on my insta account: @jackthurgar more these days. Maybe I should bring back the ol blogspot.. or just leave it be... hmm... I like that its still here as a little archive of work and research anyway.
In the mean time, heres a new tee I've made 'Unknown Dangers' and am selling though my online shop: Cornerz Clothing