When writer-builder Steve Hughes met art world maverick Matthew Barney a few years back on a Detroit film set, who knew the two would hit it off and one day collaborate on a book project as part of Hughes' elegantly wasted 'Stupor' series? It's a match made in, well, some stinking, cinematic barroom in a town that is equal parts Hamtramck (where Hughes lives and gets plenty of inspiration) and Boise, Idaho, where Barney spent his formative years.
We don't really know, it's just a guess on our part. But we're eager to see the finished product, to be called
Washed in Dirt. Help support it
here. Then listen to WDET-FM's Rob St. Mary talk to Hughes
here.
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