Phil Sparrow

13 Sep, 2012

Homo File articulates desire

2016-04-07T01:17:18-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Homepage Links, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

4 Apr, 2014

Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

2014-04-04T16:36:51-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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

27 May, 2014

Kindred Mirror- Surprising Spirit–On Sam Steward and Homo File

2016-04-07T01:15:25-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Images, Seth Eisen, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When I saw my college art instructor Seth Eisen at the Homo File Salon, his greeting was warm and sincere in his thanks for my support. Nevertheless his genuine warmth couldn't hide some genuine curiosity as to my presence. He asked me to come up with a few words as to what Sam Steward's significance was to me as a straight- identified male, and how I saw Sam as bridging our cultures. This is the most concise answer I can

24 Jun, 2014

Fly in the Ointment: Help lubricate Homo File

2014-06-24T15:32:23-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Homepage Links, Images, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

by Gary Ivanek   What a wonderful run !!! It's been a week since we closed Homo File and the excitement continues. We sold out 8 of 9 shows in our run and we are starting to make plans to take the show to other cities.                                       Here are some images from the show that we thought you might like. And

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