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Angel & Z Radio. Ep 101
April 20, 2022
New York, NY
Christian Acker is the author of “Flip the Script”. He started the Handselecta project back in 2003, documenting handstyles for over 10 years from graffiti writers like Mike Giant, CHINO, AGUA, ESPO and STAY HIGH 149. Between 2003 and 2013 he assembled over 100 interviews and alphabets by American writers of different cities, spanning from the 1960s to the 2010s. His book, Flip The Script helps contextualize American graffiti through those interviews and writing samples placed in a historic context. It was the first to present material like this in a clean, structured layout. It has been out of print and hotly pursued for the last 5 years and it has just been rereleased.
Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
February, 2014
National Public Radio
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Jesse Thorn talks to George Clinton, the 73-year-old mastermind of P-Funk. Clinton paid his dues in the mainstream - singing doo wop and writing for Motown. Then, with Parliament Funkadelic he developed a look and a sound that was like nothing else before it. Later Jesse hears from Christian Acker about the tags you see on walls, park benches and trash cans everywhere. Acker says tagging is one of the last forms of highly practiced penmanship. So that’s what he focuses on in his book, Flip the Script. Plus we’ll go into the woods with comedian Chris Fairbanks. And Jesse will play a song that’ll remind you what it feels like to be a teenager.
IAM Inhabit Conference: Christian Acker on the Validity of Vandalism
2013
Iternational Arts Movement
Juxtapoz
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Graphotism
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Creases Like Knives
March 20, 2023
New York, NY
Freddy Alva and I talk about our subculture teenage roots and the hotbed, cross over of cultures. He gets some music recommendations out of me too.