Hoofer Sweets (MWWS 2018, USA)
‘Hoofer Sweets’ published in Midwest Whippersnappers Zine in Minnesota, USA.
Illustration for a poem by Paul Birken.
Tommie Sunshine – Dream Warrior
Illustration for a short story by Paul Birken. Published in Midwest Whippersnappers (USA)
Blackmass Plastics Ugly Funk label artwork
Artwork for Blackmass Plastics release on Ugly Funk Records.
[ includes 12 X 12″ art insert ]
Paul Birken [ TONEWRECKER RECORDINGS ]
A new Paul Birken logo.
More creative collaborations coming soon.
A2 Magazine, Czech Republic
Illustration accompanying an article about the history of squatting for the Czech publication A2 magazine.
The image depicts a familiar child-like drawing showing police with riot shields and truncheons intimidating a young family who are living in a boarded-up house. Attached to a fridge with magnetic letters from the Early Learning Centre.
The article described the story of soldiers arriving home after the Second World War who, with anywhere to live, claimed abandoned houses for shelter.
This instigated the movement and social necessity we now know as ‘squatting’.