Monday, September 22, 2008

Ryan Martin / "Secret Xerox"

The other night while perusing Downtown Durham after going to the Stacy-Lynn Waddell show at Branch, we walked into an amazing studio/gallery space I've never been inside. The building was beautiful, and the interior reminded me of a Space 1026 with more walls and rooms. Sadly, the majority of everything on display was not quite as amazing as the building itself except for one man, Ryan Martin. You know him as Boy Zone, or Secret Boyfriend, and I believe he was in a little number called Boner Machine for a while. Ryan by far had the most interesting work in the show with his xeroxed drawings taped to the wall. If you live in Chapel Hill or Carrboro you see Ryan's drawings all the time on Nightlight flyers. Here's some photos of the xerox wall, and a video of Secret Boyfriend playing at the Nightlight.