P’unk Avenue
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- 1168 E. Passyunk Aveneue
- Philadelphia PA 19147
- Phone: 215 755 1330
- hello@punkave.com
Through a Post, Quickly
Let us take a deep breath, hold it, and dive into the last month. John Benson joined us as a half-time employee, his other half spent professing to UArts students and producing interactive projects with EGwrk. We consumed a few…
Junto Recap
For those who might have missed it, there's a recap of the most recent Junto gathering over at the Junto site. Trying out a new format was an exciting experiment. We would love to hear any feedback from those who…
Filming Across the Street
In the continuing saga of interesting things happening within the view of our window, somebody was shooting a movie across the street at Ray's Bar this morning. Lots of money spent for equipment and for people to stand around.…
Independents Hall
Recently the Business section of the Philadelphia Inquirer featured Independents Hall. In simplest terms, it is a coworking space. My partner Alex Hillman and I consider community to be an important component in this project. Community is a word that…
Consumerism is a Humanism
Geoff: I think I want an iphone. Alex: as long as your get them for us. Rick: whatever dude. (three days later) Geoff: I went to the AT&T store after dropping Lila at school. They didn't even have iphones…
New Work: Gemini the Musical
At the beginning of the summer, we were approached by Charles Gilbert (yes, relation) to handle the branding and promotion of his newest work: Gemini the Musical. From the summary: When Francis Geminiani comes home from Harvard to his working-class…
Fork You films Panini episode
Today the great Fork You folks brought a mobile kitchen, two George Forman grills, and a whole lot of fun to P'unk Ave's studio. They made some of the most incredible panini I have ever tasted. In preparation for…
Video from the Pre-Blog Philadelphia party
My brother, Kerry, was hiding in the wings of the Pre-Blog Philadelphia party with his camera. He recently finished everything together into a great little piece. Good times had by all.
Balloon Guy
Many amazing things pass our window. Yesterday it was this guy with a shopping cart full of balloons.
Junto: a brainstorm
About a year ago, P'unk Ave's Alex Gilbert brought the idea of having a Junto to our weekly meeting. He had been reading Ben Franklin's Autobiography and thought it was great way to bring people together for a common…
BlogPhiladelphia - heck yeah
There has been a lot of fantastic coverage of the BlogPhiladelphia (un)conference that just went down last thursday and friday. It almost feels unnecessary to add another. But, here goes... We had a blast attending this conference. We met some…
Interview on Philly TIP
This past friday the great guys at Philly TIP had me on their show. I really enjoyed the experience. I discussed the origins of the name P'unk Avenue, what we do, our neighborhood and some other cool stuff. Take a…
P'unk in the Press
It is always nice when someone notices that you are trying to do a good thing. This week Sam Tremble of the Philadelphia City Paper wrote about our role in the emerging Second Friday Art thing in our neighborhood. Sam…
The Proposal Show
the proposal show works on paper (managed expectations) P'UNK AVE designer Richard S. Banister Jr and Catherine A. Kane are currently working on an art show about making art. Hopefully they'll be done by the opening on Saturday, June 2nd,…
Typography in the Italian Market
I have been working on-again, off-again on a pet project documenting typography/signage in the Italian Market (aka 9th Street Market) in Philadelphia for a while now. The market is about 50 feet from our studio. My original intention was…
2nd Friday Art Crawl in our Neighborhood!
Rosi Dispensa, Tower, C- Print, 2006 It is one of those moments in time when various cool things have started to coalesce in one place. That might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I am excited about all…
Debtor’s Inheritance Opens Sunday!
The Debtor’s Inheritance project that I wrote about in March is going live this sunday, May 6th! I hope you can all make it. We have really enjoyed the collaboration with Katie Murken on this project. This foray into…
Debtor’s Inheritance
The P’unk Ave crew is teaming up with fellow artist Katie Murken to create an installation at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Originally, Katie wanted to hire me to help her with an animation in Director; however, I…