BIRDY FEATURES
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SUBURBIA
BY GRAY WINSLER W/ART BY MOON_PATROL
You have no idea of the life that exists just beneath your toes. I sure as hell didn’t, not back in ‘66. Spent my whole life walking atop this earth, never given much thought to what’s below, never thinking about the thousands and thousands of miles between us and the other side. Just rock and dirt, they tell us. But it ain’t true. There’s a whole other world living just beneath our feet.
“Move your wrist, Bill. You’re making puddles — it ain’t good for the plants.” Marge scolded me, back on the day we made our discovery.
“Uh huh.” I said, taking another puff of my pipe.
“Lucky we have anything growing here with you waterin’ like that.”
I learned to keep my mouth shut in those years. You see — Marge and I wasn’t in a great spot then. I loved that woman, but her heart seemed to have shriveled after our kids left the nest. Can’t say the same wasn’t true for me. Most days I couldn’t find much of an excuse to get up from the recliner.
TONY HAWK X MARK MOTHERSBAUGH COLLABORATION FOR INDEPENDENT TRUCKS
Legendary skater Tony Hawk and artistic visionary Mark Mothersbaugh teamed up for a special collaboration for Independent Trucks. The artwork by Mark (seen on this sticker) is featured on Independent Forged Hollow Tony Hawk Transmission trucks.
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WEREWOLF RADAR: STRIFE ON MARS
BY NATE BALDING
A lot of people frown on the idea of child soldiers. And sure, trafficking in prepubescent souls for the purposes of indoctrinating a small army into becoming unrelenting killers beyond the purview of self-awareness sounds pretty bad. But who else are you gonna get to try out your insane experimental time traveling device?
Andrew Basiago was 6 years old the first time his father pushed him through a portal allowing him to instantaneously move from a secret military base in New Jersey to a CIA black site in New Mexico.
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END OF SILENCE: A PUNK SURVEY OF GREGG DEAL
INTERVIEW BY KRYSTI JOMEI | PHOTOS BY WES MAGYAR
Colorado-based artist, activist and disruptor Gregg Deal just launched his solo-exhibition, End of Silence: A Punk Survey of Gregg Deal, at RedLine Contemporary Arts Center in Denver. As part of the gallery’s current theme, Roots Radical: An Exploration Into Indigenous Ancestry and Experience, Gregg’s show focuses on the parallels of Punk and Indigenous identity, where he explores the disenfranchisement of Native people, pushing against oppressing power structures and challenging authority, while fighting for the truth and remaining wholeheartedly free. He took the time to chat with us about his show and his experiences behind it.
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BEATIE WOLFE: FROM GREEN TO RED AT DENVER’S SUPERNOVA 7TH DIMENSION FILM FEST
INTERVIEW BY KRYSTI JOMEI
From Green To Red by Birdy friend and visionary artist Beatie Wolfe is an environmental protest piece built using 800,000 years of historic climate data to visualize rising CO2 levels. Unveiled around the world from the Nobel Prize Summit, London Design Biennale and the UN Global Climate Conference COP26 to name a few, it’s now Denver’s turn to experience it at this year’s Supernova 7th Dimension Film Festival downtown where throughout September the art piece will be projected onto the Daniels & Fisher clocktower. Beatie is also the Guest Curator for the fest’s Silent Screen Outdoor LED Exhibition, a city-wide public art takeover where her call-to-action for participating artists is Activating Environmental Awareness. We had the chance to talk to Beatie before she heads our way to the Mile High City.
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TRANSFORMATION
BY ZAC DUNN | VISUALS BY JOHN HEENAN
From the moment we draw our very first breath until the 21 grams floats skyward and the cool blanket takes us into the light we are
TRANSFORMING
Stasis by definition is death.
The vibration of atoms in an inanimate object will ultimately turn to dust.
How do we as artists choose to transform? Is it even a choice at all?
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Molly Wirtz, Floating Guy, Issue 105, September // Ali Hoff, untitled | Issue 104, August 2022 // Nick Flook, Rex and Relaxation | Issue 087, March 2021 // Chris Austin, I’ll Hear You Calling Me | Issue 103, July 2022 // Derek Knierim, Planet A Landscape | Issue 067, July 2019 // Eric Joyner, Escapees | Issue 101, May 2022 // Mark Mothersbaugh, Technology Watches Over Us | Issue 097, January 2022 // Jonny DeStefano, Land Sea Sky | Issue 063, March 2019 // Ray Young Chu, Karate Kat | Issue 007, July 2014 // Krysti Joméi photo // Jonathan Dodd, Poke | Issue 086, February 2021 // Derek Knierim, Groundhog 1988 Anaconda | Issue 066, June 2019 // Peter Kornowski, Crash Landing | Issue 087, March 2021 // Jash Tracey, Shark In The city | Issue 077, May 2020 // Mark Mothersbaugh, From the Postcard Diaries Untitled | Issue 015, March 2015 // Jonny DeStefano, Vivid Crimson | Issue 047, November 2017