The ECCO #2: Art Of Grief

James Trice (UK, 2025)

8 min

The Art of Grief explores how we keep people alive through graffiti. Ten years after the death of my best friend MIGZ/Mike, his name still surfaces in unexpected places, faded but never gone. Blending my own poetry and narration with kind words from friends and family, the voices of artists like Reeps One and Jim Vision, and the sounds of paint and city streets, this documentary looks at how the graffiti community grieves: by writing names, holding jams, and keeping legacies alive. It is about loss, memory, and the fleeting moments when someone feels present again.

James is an audio documentary and radio producer from East London, now based in Brighton. He began his radio career hosting Hip-Hop inspired shows on Whitechapel AM, London Fields Radio, and Itch FM. A Multitrack Fellow, James made his BBC Radio 4 debut with Hip Hop's Laughing Stock, a documentary exploring the crossover between Hip-Hop and Comedy. His work includes Echoes of Cockney, a personal reflection on the decline of the Cockney dialect in East London, contributions to Life on Lockdown, and sound design for the sci-fi podcast The Rez. James’ poetry-infused documentaries, like Asphalt Lullaby and Saltwater Soul, blend personal, environmental, and social narratives through sound design and storytelling.

Produced by James Trice
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