It started in a living room. Not a gallery, not a venue — just the house of Richmond artist Jered Fykes. A few friends hung their work on the walls, invited people over, and had a good time. Honestly, that’s how most real art scenes begin. That was back in 2018. Now,...
There is a level of resistance from most audiences dismayed by the romantic comedy genre. In recent years, this genre has attempted to reconstruct itself in the face of such opposition. Take Judd Apatow for example. With his first forays in the genre with The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, Apatow’s casting choices questioned the expectations...
Baylen Forcier, our foreign correspondent of sorts is currently in Kyrgyzstan doing documentary work. We're going to be posting images from his travels across Central Asia, all of which are via Sons of Hedin organization. Based out of Bishkek in northern Kyrgyzstan, Sons of Hedin is named after Swedish explorer and committed scholar Sven Hedin,...
Started in April of 2005, 5 Second Films is one of the funniest and most unique film projects we've seen. Their films actually run eight seconds; 2 seconds of intro titles, five seconds of film, and one second of outro titles. The creator of the project, Brian Firenzi, points out that "If you take umbrage with these 5sfs running at an actual...
I took these pictures in various states while wandering around Portland, Oregon with a salacious and incredibly talented rapscallion named Eriq Nelson (featured on the cover of RVA's most recent issue, "Snow Days"). I shot using an extremely low aperture, resulting in low depth of field, hence the name of the series. Bokeh comes from Boke, a...
This is the definition of defying convention through innovation; armed with a wire brush, cleaning supplies, and the occasional powerwasher, Moose leaves the traditional tools of graffiti at home. His works, created by selectively removing the grit, grime, shit and carbon that collects on urban surfaces like algae in an unkept pond, range from...
In a bold move certainly geared towards appeasing his socially conservative constituents, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued the following advice to the General Assembly: “It is my advice that the law and public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia prohibit a college or university from including “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,”...
This is David Bowie, arguably the sexiest man ever to live, and Annie Lennox doing a sound check before a concert paying tribute to Freddie Mercury. George Michael can be seen in the wings, further taking the amount of talent on the stage to ridiculous proportions. Is it possible, I wonder, to have a more androgynous pairing than Lennox and...
GayRVA reports that Pennies in Protest raised nearly ten thousand dollars from those wishing to donate to causes targeted by the Westboro Baptist Church. This is exactly how the WBC's hateful actions can be turned to good. Gay RVA alerted. Locals rallied. The anti-hate people got motivated, a debate regarding the essence of counter-protest raged...
