August 25, 2010
NYC SCREENING

I'll be headed to the NYC on Saturday for the Vinyl Frontier movie show, Come by, check it out & say hello... There'll be a Q&A type thing after too with the director & some toy folks... Info below:

"The Vinyl Frontier" will be screening as part of the 3rd annual ACEFEST NYC at Tribeca Cinemas on Saturday August 28 at 8:20 pm.



About The Filmmaker:
Daniel Zana is a director and editor from North Hollywood, CA. After graduating from Cal State University Northridge, he worked on music videos for such acts as Against Me, Death Cab For Cutie, Seppy Sol, The Willowz, and Tahiti 80. The Vinyl Frontier is his first feature length film and he now calls New York City his home.

About the film's production:
I started the film about 4 years ago with the desire to document an incredible art movement that I was just starting to get into myself. As I began collecting these toys, i wanted to know more about the process, the artists, the works inspiring the toys, the collectors, etc. So I set out and contacted as many interviewees as I could find to get a more accurate view about the vinyl toy world. The result is a feature length documentary film (my first) that features over 35 artists, collectors, scholars, and toy makers who shed some light on the fascinating and somewhat new mode of expression.

Longer Synopsis:
At the dawn of the 21st century, renegade toy designers, bored with the G.I. Joe status quo, boldly remixed and reassembled the toys of their parent's generation. Birthing a new format of toy and medium of artistic expression, these artists were the first to explore The Vinyl Frontier. A world where Art is Fun!

By exploring a landscape inhabited by a wide range of artists, their creations, and obsessive collectors, the documentary examines the hybrid objects' artistic and commercial value, as well as the creative process of art-toy making. The Vinyl Frontier is a comprehensive look at a fresh and exciting art movement that anyone young at heart and imaginative can enjoy.

Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
New York, NY 10013
(at Laight Street, one block below Canal Street)

August 21, 2010
ID

Some mock-ups of upcoming boards with Identity Surfboards.

August 11, 2010
STICKERS!



New Sticker book by db, checkout a preview HERE.

Info:

STICKERS - Punk Rock to Contemporary Art
aka Stuck-Up Piece of Crap
by DB Burkeman with Monica LoCascio
(Due out Sept 14th 2010 on Rizzoli books)

Whether you're a punk, skater, graffiti artist, musician,
clothing brand, political activist, fine artist, or just a fan of a
band, stickers have always been the perfect way to express
oneself.

Starting in 1966 with Andy Warhol's Banana sticker for the
Velvet Underground "STICKERS" chronicles the
development of the art form as it spans cultural and
artistic genres of the last half-century. It documents
the evolution of stickers from early Californian skate culture, the punk rock pioneers,
early hip hop, techno/rave culture, graffiti, controversial politics,
right up to contemporary street & fine art.
A large section focuses on non traditional sticker mediums, such as wheatpastes,
tiles, mirror or anything else an artist chooses to work with that utilizes adhesive materials.

August 9, 2010
THE WZRD SPIRIT


Arrives Aug 19, 2010

August 9, 2010
!#X@!?*!HEINEKEN!!

Harvard Sq. Cambridge, MA

August 1, 2010
BOX OF STUFF


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