Paul Sorene

Afrika Bambaataa (born April 17, 1957), hip-hop pioneer and Zulu Nation founder, kept a vast and extensive record collection. Around 1,400 catalogued 12″ vinyl records he acquired between the late 1960s and the early 1980s reside in the archives of Cornel University. Many of these records he signed and gave a collection number.

“These display screens would display signs of air attack against Canada and the United States.

Back in the early ‘70s I did a series of conceptual art projects using participants, says Marc H. Miller of Gallery 98. I met these women when I worked as a tour guide for museums. They were all signed up to do art tours as part of a program called Five Towns Music and Art Foundation. When I told them about my art project, they were interested and came to my loft for the photographs.