From beads, to Nikes, even a Cypher, this months installment of The Factory’s Second Saturday Art Walk was one for the books.
Starting off with one of the dopest installations I’ve ever seen in my life, the homies at Before The Storm had their “The Sky Is Falling” installation up for the last day so you know Jit had to pull up. Everyone has thrown a pair of Nikes up to see if they would hang on the phone line, so this brought me back to that. The immersive aspect is what took it next level, would love to see this brought to a larger scale at The Fairgrounds one day. It’s like Nike meets Rene Magritte. Big congrats on this one, y’all made some shit for the museums.
Was really nice chopping it up with Bead The Burg. Being a Tampa Bay sports addict, I love her “Brady’s Bunch” and “Champa Bay” handmade pieces she had on display. The “Sunken Gardens” one was really nostalgic for me and even has me thinking about taking a trip over there on my day off. Fingers crossed on that Sandman Motel piece that one would be a game changer.
Finally got the chance to meet Creations By Z, it’s always nice to meet a fellow Leo who also happen to make really dope custom sneakers. Her AF1s pictured above could easily be apart of Nikes annual Black History Month collection, the details in the customs are that good. The concept of her Ying and Yang lion pieces was really creative, and a highlight of the pair.
Big Beyo has been a staple of the art walks but his new kraken piece might be my favorite to date. It has a graffiti wall vibe to it, but how Beyo captured the eye of the beast was on point.
“Calling My Spirit” was still on display from i.b.o.m.s but that just gives me more time to appreciate. Every time I see one of his pieces on display it’s like I’m seeing something can’t miss, I need to soak it all in before it’s gone.
I always start off the walks by going in to see what the Nature of Fire & Fsquared Ceramics are working on, they are always so warm and friendly. It was really cool to see some of their new collab pieces they have made. the Nature of Fire ability to capture the human body is incredible. Desperately in need of a pot made by Fsquared for Lida’s Jungle, my Cacti is growing and needs a home.
After being postponed in April, I was highly anticipating the Rishi Beats & Friends Cypher. Rishi also played a small set of a few of his newest joints, which are in heavy rotation on the SoundCloud playlist.
My favorite artist right now is Johnny Adama , so when I heard he was participating you already know Jit was gonna run it up. Johnny played a couple joints off his new project “The Adama Effect” a few of which take the top spot on my “The New St.Pete” Apple Music Playlist.
I heard rumblings of a couple special guests popping up to the cypher, but damn I didn’t know Alec Burnright was gonna go that brazy. His project Mofongo+ dropped at the top of the year, and is always in constant rotation, shit “Tony Danza” is contender for song of the year.
Sean.mp3 had my IG story feed going brazy with his freestyle, homie was spazzing on some futuristic shit. Sean is a really dope artist and producer that does a lot of work with Before The Storm. Check out his project “MP3 & ME” dropping 5/20.