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4 Apr, 2014

Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

2014-04-04T16:36:51-07:00By seth|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: Center for Sex and Culture, Cliff Raven, Ed Hardy, Herbert Hoffmann, Homo File, Modern Electric Tattoo, Phil Sparrow, Queer, Ron Athey, Sam Steward, Seth Eisen, Suzanne Shifflett, tattooing, Tattoos|

Sam Steward's fascinating life as a shapeshifter linked many disparate worlds: literature, sexual research, academia and tattoo art. For this iteration of Homo File I've taken a dive into researching Steward's life as a tattoo artist. In this world he went by the name Phil Sparrow. I recently read his fascinating and really well written book Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tatoo with Gangs, Sailors and Street-Corner Punks 1950-1965. It's pretty pricey since it is a

13 Sep, 2012

Homo File articulates desire

2016-04-07T01:17:18-07:00By seth|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Homepage Links, Seth Eisen|Tags: Diego Gomez, Dr. Alfred Kinsey, Drawing, Ed Hardy, Gary Ivanek, Jake Healer, Ned Brauer, Phil Sparrow, Polaroids, Rich Hutchison, Sam Steward, tattooing|

We are in the final stages in the Homo File production and very excited by our progress this week. Working with many types of media is very exciting especially where it is related to how Sam Steward documented and articulated his desire in a social arena that would have preferred to render him invisible. Ned Brauer as Sam StewardPhoto: Gary Ivanek One of Steward's documenting practices of queer sexuality in the 50s was with his Polaroid camera. The

24 Jul, 2012

Two amazing Homo File shoots last weekend

2016-04-07T01:17:56-07:00By seth|Categories: CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen|Tags: Carol Queen, Center for Sex and Culture, Ed Hardy, Gary Ivanek, Ned Brauer, Sam Steward, tattoo, Video, Zeph Fish|

We had two amazing shoots last weekend for Homo File. The first was with tattoo artist Zeph Fish who was inking our Sam Steward played by Ned Brauer. Sam was mentored by tattoo artist Amund Deitzel. Sam himself was mentor to tattoo artists Ed Hardy and Cliff Raven here in the Bay Area after he moved here in 1967--(the year I was born). On Saturday Ned had an amazing image of Mercury put on by Zeph Fish at her studio

13 Jul, 2012

Call for tattooed actors/models for video/photo shoot for upcoming Homo File Performance Project by Seth Eisen

2016-04-07T01:18:06-07:00By seth|Categories: CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen|Tags: Artists in Residence, Center for Sex and Culture, Cliff Raven, Ed Hardy, models, sailors, Sam Steward, sex, tattoo|

Call for tattooed actors/models for video/photo shoot for upcoming Homo File Performance Project by Seth Eisen Sunday, July 22nd at Center For Sex and Culture 1349 Mission St between 9th & 10th Streets, on the corner of Grace Street, San Francisco, CA Interested models please send photos and info on your body type and tattoos Time will be given with confirmation. (DO NOT JUST SHOW UP. THANKS -- SEE BELOW) WHO AND WHAT: We are looking for male or

Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

Homo File articulates desire

Two amazing Homo File shoots last weekend

Call for tattooed actors/models for video/photo shoot for upcoming Homo File Performance Project by Seth Eisen

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