G-Shock East, London

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‘My Darling Johnny’ is how Costi’s mother would address him in letters sent during his prison sentence. Including a live reading by his mother Bridget, the show existed as a map of artefacts relating to his time incarcerated.

 

Costi often visits traumatic events as a way of gaining power and re-appropriating negative memories with positive.

 

Watch Costi’s ‘G-Shock Art Sessions’ film here:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_8U09z1w5E  

 

Read Costi’s Huffington Post from the same show here:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/luke-hodson/john-costi-armed-robber-to-artist_b_6171578.html