Love of the Game | A Podcast Series with Creatives

Love of the Game is a conversation series with some of the creatives shaping visual culture and aesthetics in Chicago and beyond. Brought to you by All Star Press founder, gallerist and artist Zissou Tassef-Elenkoff who has helped to create a home for contemporary art and street art and artists in Logan Square for several decades. Co-hosted with writer Kevin Coval this conversation series explores the practice and passion of some of the most talented and innovative creatives of our time.

Meet our Hosts 

Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff

Artist, printmaker, curator, gallerist, impresario, and owner of All Star Press, Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff was born in San Francisco and raised internationally in Paris and London. The son of artists, Zissou grew up in a cultural milieu of punk rock, pop art, video games, New Wave French cinema, and cosmopolitan aesthetics. Founder of All Star Press, an all in one Chicago art-gallery, retail space and print studio. 

Kevin Coval

Kevin Coval is an Emmy-nominated, award-winning writer, filmmaker, playwright and author of over a dozen collections & anthologies including The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the age of Hip-Hop and A People's History of Chicago. His first full length feature film, Madina in the Summertime, is currently in post-production and his next book, Taste of Chicago, is due out in the spring of 2027 on EM Press.

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