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2011 Arts Issue

by Wyatt Williams @wyatt_williams and Curt Holman @Curt_Holman

Joeff Davis

For this year's arts issue, we talked to seven of Atlanta's most captivating creative minds working in everything from theater, comedy and photography to literature, dance, filmmaking and B-movie style stop-motion animation samurai movies. Plus, an oral history of pioneering underground art and music space Eyedrum and the people and projects to watch in the coming year.

Eyedrum: An oral history 4

How a series of scrappy loft art parties helped incite Atlanta's underground art scene
- by Chad Radford and Wyatt Williams | 10.20.11
Comedian Jamie Ward kills with weapons of mass hilarity

"The worst is when I get acting projects as Asian characters, but I have a terrible Asian accent!"
- by Curt Holman | 10.20.11
Filmmaker Eric Haviv conquers Cannes with serious shorts

"I was getting really busy working out of my house, so I'd literally have a 20-foot crane in my living room."
- by Curt Holman | 10.20.11
Animator Takuro Masuda makes short films with guts

"[Blood Feast] just blew my mind. It presented gore cinema as something more than just camp. I didn't think you could do that."
- by Curt Holman | 10.20.11
Choreographer and dancer Helen Hale makes magnetic, inviting performances

"There's something that's universal and understandable and evocative about seeing the body respond to rhythm."
- by Wyatt Williams | 10.20.11
Conceptual artist Nikita Gale explores the language of advertising, one photograph at a time

"I wanted to go into corporate America and do all that bullshit that everybody does or feels pressured to do."
- by Wyatt Williams | 10.20.11
Laura Straub is vouching for small-press lit one book at a time

"I think a lot of people who say that they don't read ... have never been presented with contemporary lit that's in a voice they can relate to."
- by Wyatt Williams | 10.20.11
Andrew Benator, the meek who inherits the Earth

"I learned three chords to play a song on a guitar and got to kiss a senior. So it was a pretty good deal."
- by Curt Holman | 10.20.11
What excites you most about Atlanta art?

A list of 'Don't Miss' events and artists from local tastemakers
- by Curt Holman and Wyatt Williams | 10.20.11

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How a series of scrappy loft art parties helped incite Atlanta's underground art scene

"The worst is when I get acting projects as Asian characters, but I have a terrible Asian accent!"

"I was getting really busy working out of my house, so I'd literally have a 20-foot crane in my living room."

"[Blood Feast] just blew my mind. It presented gore cinema as something more than just camp. I didn't think you could do that."

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"I learned three chords to play a song on a guitar and got to kiss a senior. So it was a pretty good deal."

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