Boy Drinks Ink

er identity with his hiphop MC persona BEAT NIK through numerous audio and video recordings on the site. While essentially a portfolio, Boy Drinks Ink is also a work of art in and of itself, reflecting various dimensions of Nik's artist identities and creative interests. Since the early 2000s, Nik has had his hand in a number of Vancouver artist and political communities, performing hiphop, slam-style poetry, and stand-up comedy at multiple venues around town. As a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Creative Writing Program, he considers himself foremost a writer, but he continually seeks different platforms through which to present his multifaceted creativity. Boy Drinks Ink provides a cross-sectional glimpse into some of the work that he's produced over the years. Nik is equally interested in the grassroots, Do-It-Yourself aesthetic of underground art forms as in factors that contribute to mass pop culture art appeal. With a focus that tends towards science fiction/fantasy and hiphop, often framed in a political context, Nik identifies as a fan and critic as much as he does as an artist and writer. Boy Drinks Ink displays various aspects of Nik's own creative repertoire, and also features essays, reviews, and commentary on other works of art, including literature, film, television, and music. Boy Drinks Ink projects a multimedia, cross-genre universe wherein the worlds of reality, fantasy, and art converge.