Oral History with ROCKY 184 (Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project)

Oral history recorded for the Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project on May 24, 2022 with ROCKY 184, one of the original graffiti writers from the famous Writers Corner 188 in Washington Heights. In her oral history ROCKY 184 speaks about her parents and their French and Dominican backgrounds, her early years growing up in Washington Heights and attending Catholic schools, rebelling against common expectations for girls at the time, her relationship with STITCH 1 and other writers she knew who hung out at WC 188, her experience tagging and early tagging culture in general, moving away from Washington Heights to The Bronx to start a family, getting back into the graffiti scene about a decade ago and meeting KEON, SLAVE, and other writers from back in the day, and much more.

The interviewers are Dr. Steven Payne, librarian and archivist at The Bronx County Historical Society, and Kurt Boone, prolific documentarian of urban culture for the past 40 years. The Bronx Aerosol Arts Documentary Project is a project of The Bronx County Archives at The Bronx County Historical Society Research Library. This oral history is brought to you through the contribution of Columbia University's Oral History Archives at Columbia (OHAC) and will be dual-listed in a collection there.