Author: Matia Guardabascio
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Tuesday
Tonight I decided to crack open a can of pilsner given to me by a dead man. It was months ago now, maybe August of last year, when he opened the fridge and said, “Here, have this,” handing me a tall boy in a decorative can. By then, we sensed his end was near, but…
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Secret Astronomer Newsletter #1
I wanted to get a correspondence going with you. So I set up a basic newsletter sign up. It’s not a marketing email. It’s a letter! I thought it might be fun to send out a little note with a recent photograph. Here is the first one that I sent out earlier today. It’s a…
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I Didn’t Mean to Go to the Punk Show
Thursday, September 12th—I had plans, but the night went another way. A trail of cosmic dust had been laid and I followed it. And I happened to have my camera. I had gone to a meeting about a new art project I’ve been working on, a kind of visual writing. You would probably call it…
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Dash the henge 001 – Select photos
A handful of photos from the Dash The Henge collaboration zine. Photography from esteemed London photographer Lou Smith and elusive Dublin photographer Mark McGuiness are featured alongside a few snaps by the author. Check out the full zine in the online shop!
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Excerpt: Dash The Henge 001 – The Scene
Everything has an underbelly. You scratch in the right place and you can catch the scent of the particulate. Those granular details that give a place its feel. I’m always sniffing them out. Walking slowly, savoring every step. A scene is a forest of people connected through the mycelium of creativity. A community of artists…
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EXCERPT: Dash The Henge 001 – The Intro
I was in Paris when Michael Jackson died. The news broke in the middle of the night. Local time. The following day I was walking near the Eiffel Tower when I heard the faint sound of “Billie Jean” in the distance. I walked toward the music. Soon I saw a mass of humans gathered around…