Kaja Kolar, Portrait #1








Jan. 28, 2025. Kaja Kolar of The Vauxhalls poses with a prop
 head left behind by other artists residing in The Crumper, A DIY 
venue and practice space. 

(Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class)


Jan. 28, 2025. 
Kaja Kolar drummer for The Vauxhalls switches to her symbols
 on the shared studio drum set. In The Crumper, an inexpensive
practice space and venue, everything is shared.

(Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class)


Illuminated by a blown out window of the stairwell, Kaja Kolar stands lead to the silhouettes 
of her bandmates. During the day, their practice space, The Crumper operates as a machine shop 
and manufacturer, at night it is host to artists studios, venues, and band practices.

Jan. 28, 2025.

(Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Home of The Vauxhalls.

Image
Welcome to The Crumper, home of The Vauxhalls. Tucked away in a crumbling, graffiti-riddled building, The Vauxhalls —Adriano D’Agnillo, Ben Koblmiller, Jacob Lloyd, and Kaja Kolar—a power pop band with a midwest twang, spend their time and cash shaping their sound. Formed in November 2023, the band’s members are all students, some work, some don’t. Rent is due on the first. Empty beer cans rattle when the bass kicks, old show posters peel from the walls—a collage of memories. The windows are cracked, the air is stale, and the rent is cheap. This is The Crumper—a DIY practice space and venue founded by Brett Martin and Emma Sharpe. Noise seeps through the walls in a collision of fluorescent hums and nickel-plated strings. Out back by the train tracks, the ground is littered with cigarette butts and the remnants of last night’s gig. It’s far from perfect, but for The Vauxhalls and countless others, it’s home—one of the last places in the city where music is made for the sake of making i...
Read more

Ahmad El-Zammar, Portrait #2

Image
  Jan. 29, 2025. Ahmad El-Zammar stands in front of his disheveled bed and busy walls. In 48 hours his flight to Lebanon departs, marking a departure from his life in  Montréal in order to finish his law degree and help rebuild Lebanon after the war. (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Taking in the final moments before packing away the rest of his belongings.  Ahmad El-Zammar, Jan. 29, 2025.  (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Jan. 29, 2025.  Ahmad El-Zammar stands pensive, in front of the bedroom wall that  separated us as roommates for years. A kaleidoscopic collage of memories,  too big to fit inside his only suitcase which stands behind him (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class)
Read more