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on a saturday in march that was bitten by frost but soaked in indiscriminate sunlight, we shot the scene at my studio @magicdoortattoo . I felt such a warm energy and so much peace, even amongst the urgent putzing that comes with any shoot.  it was healing to playing dress up with my friends, to reimagine a space that feels like home, and welcome new collaborators make art in a different medium

more musings in the next slides >>>>
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b*ysclub shoot produced for Lore 004: The Club Issue, out August 21. launch party tix available via @club.lore, 7pm-1am at @rhythm__space.

THE TATTOO STUDIO:
@binkc, @ainsliewould, @muthatattoo, @drenchedhands, @mano_blue, @loser_manual
 
TEAM:
photo: @callmealbs
creative direction: @ainslieworld, @niko.fox
production: @niko.fox, @grocerylyst, @ainslieworld, @nevitanner
words: @ainslieworld
hmu: @paintedbylara_muah
set design: @ainslieworld
styling: @ainslieworld, @mac.intia
print design: @nevitanner
production assistants: @zeeen.it  @rubiat.svg
BTS photo: @keneko.pov
location: @magicdoortattoo

🖤🖤🖤

@callmealbs on a ladder for the top-down shot!

cooking 💌

interview about the straightest/gayest tattoos

my sweet @softnatured_tattoopeople who had to head out shortly after we started shooting 😭

@paintedbylara_muah working her magic on @binkc

@callmealbs and I queening out at the monitor

each person in this scene was cast intentionally. I feel like I grew up with some of these people in my tattoo journey and on a personal level 🖤

@muthatattoo & @softnatured_tattoopeople having a kiki

@keneko.pov on bts!

@paintedbylara_muah bodies my mug at 8am. we drank coffee and listened to bruno mars.

we staged some setups as didn’t have the time to do actual tattoos. wrapping my machine without gloves felt very wrong!!!

bts-ception @niko.fox

@niko.fox soccer mom soaking up the sun!

@rubiat.svg & @keneko.pov hanging on set

@muthatattoo @loser_manual & @softnatured_tattoopeople staging some setups. they made all different kinds including handpoke, some coloured ink and one that is (realistically) just plain messy lol

more kiki-ing 🖤

@binkc @mano_
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“Poetics of Relation” a live painting by moi done at @clubbabies 🪡 this painting way based/inspired/interpretation by the book “Poetics of relation” by Édouard Glissant , a living interactive alter. I could not recommend this book enough. 

“Just as the first uprooting was not marked by any defiance, in the same way the prescience and actual experience of Relation have nothing to do with vanity. Peoples who have been to the abyss do not brag of being chosen. They do not believe they are giving birth to any modern force. They live Relation and clear the way for it, to the extent that the oblivion of the abyss comes to them and that, consequently, their memory intensifies.”
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the tattoo studio | b*y oh b*y. my original pitch to @club.lore for the club issue was to document queer/trans folks in the community-taught tattoo scene and their spaces. over my 8 years tattooing, i’ve been a  witness to queer and trans diy-ers making a new lane for themselves. this subsequently changed the industry forever, inspiring people to build spaces with the intention of opening the door to a trade and an art form instead of keeping gates. my first experience of working in a space like this @binkc’s studio, the first east-end iteration of @nicerfolks, who took me on as a baby home-tattooer in 2020 🖤 and the rest is history!

sharing essential sanitation info continues a legacy of harm reduction in the queer community. providing mentorship and encouraging self-teaching has built long-term, fulfilling careers for so many people, myself included. it is so inspiring to see queer folks continue to spearhead private studios that give newer artists a chance, and facilitates clients feeling comfortable and safe speaking up for themselves.

more musings in the next caption >>>
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b*ysclub shoot produced for Lore 004: The Club Issue, out August 21. launch party tix available via @club.lore, 7pm-1am at @rhythm__space.

THE TATTOO STUDIO:
@binkc @ainsliewould, @muthatattoo, @drenchedhands, @mano_blue, @loser_manual
  
TEAM:
photo: @callmealbs
creative direction: @ainslieworld, @niko.fox
production: @niko.fox, @grocerylyst, @ainslieworld, @nevitanner
words: @ainslieworld
hmu: @paintedbylara_muah
set design: @ainslieworld
styling: @ainslieworld, @mac.intia
print design: @nevitanner
production assistants: @zeeen.it  @rubiat.svg
BTS photo: @keneko.pov
location: @magicdoortattoo

community teaching opens doors 🚪

i am forever grateful to @binkc, who took a chance on me when i joined @nicerfolks in 2020. she has provided so many opportunities and mentorship to myself and countless others. binks, i couldn’t have done it without you. you’re forever an icon in the toronto scene.

the name b*ysclub is in reference to a trade, art form and means of self expression that - in a western context - has been dominated largely by cis
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