Ollie Walker is a talented friend of mine who co-started the wicked website
AWEH, an online portal connecting you to cool creatives from around the world. Since Ollie resides in Seoul but is South African, much of the content that he creates and curates for AWEH is based on people of interest who are living in Africa and Asia - two highly undervalued continents when it comes to worldwide recognition of their contemporary art scenes.
With the advent of the internet - and therefore sites like AWEH,
Durban is Yours and (hopefully)
Chincha - the global, English-speaking audience is recognising that worthwhile art is not limited to European and American cities.
This video by AWEH has just been released, and is part of a new collaboration with South African clothing company IAM. The video follows two SA tattooists Rich Phipson and Ross Turpin, who own a studio in Hong Kong called Star Crossed Tattoo. It follows their mission as tattooists and shows some awesome shots of the tattooing process, as well as the pair's intensely unusual designs.
If you're ever in the Hong Kong area (come to Asia, it's amazing), you should definitely swing by the shop to see these guys in action. I'm already planning my trip.
