Ossian Wynne Winningham

recollections from a bygone era of obscure and ephemeral utopias…

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I always felt like the thing I refer to in these pieces as the American Underground, the intersection of art, music and DIY culture, was especially resistant to proper documentation. I crossed paths with a few documentarians and certainly met photographers who honed the art of capturing the spirit of these happenings through a combination of years of practice and reckless experimentation. That wasn’t for me though, a hand holding a camera was a hand that wasn’t actively creating the culture and I was sure it needed to be created with both hands. Something shifted, live shows are a sea of cameras and cell phones now and it isn’t the same.

It turns out I was recording albeit in an unorthodox way. As far as I can surmise from friends and acquaintances the level of detail in my memories is unique. I decided to start sharing these memories as a series of snap shots of the things I participated in that felt important to me. I can’t really say why I picked now to start doing this other than a lot of important people have been transitioning out of mortal life these past couple years and I want to offer everything I can to the future.

I was getting precious with the order and arrangement of these things but decided that it was probably a waste of time. Read them in any order you like although multi-part pieces are better read in sequence. They are sorted by the year and city where they took place in most cases. The ones from Tijuana seem to be popular.

The personal voice I write in is something that I’ve been developing and figuring out as I go along. If there was any interest in publishing a certain piece on a broader platform, particularly the tribute pieces, but these eccentricities would be a hindrance don’t hesitate to get in touch. I’d be happy to do more background research and remove the parts of myself that aren’t expedient.

If any readers find their way here who are interested and/or able to assist in the process of finding a publisher please do get in touch. Also feel free to reach out to correct me on any erroneous details or satisfy any questions about the actual order these were written in or anything else. I’m actually very friendly and somehow find time to answer any and all messages. I also occasionally get really emotional about certain things and end up feeling weird delusions of grandeur and writing very nebulous social essays on the nature of artistic expression. For now I’m just sticking those in the back and they can he read in any order.

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