Added on October 29, 2015
Justin Ramsey
Ashley Aron , Barbara Adler , Czech Republic , Klasika , Kyla Gardiner , Megan Stewart , MFA project , SFU Woodwards , tramping , Vancouver , vandr

The Lady is a Tramp: Klasika by Barbara Adler

Words by Justin Ramsey Photos by Paula Viitanen Long before his rise to prominence as one of the leading thinkers of the Frankfurt School, Herbert Marcuse was a something of a young aesthete. His doctoral dissertation examined the Künstlerroman, a literary genre that situates the artist in a struggle against her prosaic, everyday milieu. Arguing […]
Added on October 27, 2015
Special Contributor
Ashley Aron , Barbara Adler , costume , Czech Republic , Klasika , Peter Dickinson , Rodeo Queens , SFU

High Hair Economics: An Interview with Klasika’s Ashley Aron

Words by Peter Dickinson, Ashley Aron, Barbara Adler In the summer of 2015 I went to the Czech Republic to learn about the unique sub-culture of Czech tramping. I’ve told a lot of stories about my attempts to adapt elements of Czech tramping to a Canadian context; many of these efforts have been detailed […]