Fri - March 14, 2008
Rest In Power Eddie!
"Eddie man it was a pleasure to know you my brother. I'll never forget skating Downtown Oakland together. Or what a great family you
had with Deb and your son. A real honest to goodness down brother, humble and supportive and unique. You will not be forgotten."
Cory Shaw
"I’m gonna miss Eddie for a real long time, one of my favorite people in the world. Quintessential Leo. Conquering Lion. Such awesome
human being. Such an inspiration. I dont think Eddie had any enemies at least none that I knew of. It took a stranger to do this, if they
knew him even just a little, they couldnt have done it. This Tragedy wont be but a blip to the rest of the world, but it will have lasting
reverberations. Long live Eddie " I Lush " Campbell!"
Ariel Shepard
Eddie was murdered senselessly in Puerto Rico while on vacation for a Bachelor party at an after hours bar. This bar called "The Vibe"
in San Juan stays open till 8 or 9am so all the PR thugs can go there and don't get searched. They claim the shooter wasn't even 21.
Everyone who knows how gentle and full of humour and fun Eddie was, knows that if he was involved in any altercation it was him
defending on of his boys. So a coward killed a US citizen for no reason and PR newspapers have nothing to say and justice seems
not to concern the local cops. Please help us BRING JUSTICE TO OUR FRIEND! WATCH THIS CBS VIDEO REPORT AND YOU TOO
WILL BE OUTRAGED!! Check the site for my man and donate to the family if you have it like that: http://www.eddiemacocampbell.com
Posted at 05:52 PM
VIP Video - Bonsem
Did color tweaking and some title animations with Buildestroy collaborator Miguel (BOUNCE) Perez for our boy Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi.
The group is VIP / Vizion in Progress from Ghana Africa and the sound is real dope. It's a mix of African Highlife and Hip Hop. To me it's real
reminiscent of Dancehall but definitely has it's own variations. Very melodic and the catchiest hooks, these kids are real tight. The video
was shot in 3 parts between LA, NYC, and Ghana. We created 3 different looks for each section with the color palettes and title styles that
fit each region. Eli is currently finishing the Documentary about this movement called "Home Grown - Hip Life in Ghana" check for it soon.
Posted at 05:50 PM
The Row Documentary
I recently designed the website for the film "The
Row" that documents the lives of a handful of Skid Row residents and their
lives,
trials and tribulations. Directed by Buildestroy collaborator Camila Martins and will feature music by BD audio collaborator ASA.
The website I designed is in the works (therowdocumentary.com ) and the amazing portraits below are shot by Chuc Ngyen.
trials and tribulations. Directed by Buildestroy collaborator Camila Martins and will feature music by BD audio collaborator ASA.
The website I designed is in the works (therowdocumentary.com ) and the amazing portraits below are shot by Chuc Ngyen.
Posted at 05:50 PM
Ghostride the Whip
DJ Vlad along with Rugged Entertainment brings
you the story of the Bay tracing the roots of Hyphy and Thizz to how Mac
Dre
came up to become one of the Bay's biggest icons. Even people that grew up in the Bay can learn something from this joint like
all that stupid doo doo dumb talk or how Hammer thought he was Turf Dancing too. I did some of the animation for it and it's
gonna be released through Image Entertainment so you can peep it on Netflix or in the stores. A must for anyone lovin' the Bay.
came up to become one of the Bay's biggest icons. Even people that grew up in the Bay can learn something from this joint like
all that stupid doo doo dumb talk or how Hammer thought he was Turf Dancing too. I did some of the animation for it and it's
gonna be released through Image Entertainment so you can peep it on Netflix or in the stores. A must for anyone lovin' the Bay.
Posted at 05:49 PM
The Grouch Artsy
The music video we directed for the
Grouch’s new single ARTSY is finally ready for release with his new
album. It’s a Youtube burner,
hilarious lyrics & animations. Shot entirely green screen and treated in
only the most ARTSY of ways..We got to imitate our favorite
ARTSY spots and touch upon all the cliche's of
hip design. To further our social experiment in ARTSYNESS
we ask you to watch the Youtube version
and order the hires from Itunes next week.
The PARANOID OR CONSERVATIVE VIEWER may be confused
by the ARTSY video's persistent presence and condemn it as an underground cult
with extremely subversive intentions. The ARTSY video is none of that. The ARTSY
movement can best be explained as an experiment in ARTOLOGY.
This
experiment is being conducted through the portals of social ART known as Youtube and Myspace. We also are
offering a high res version on Itunes in the coming weeks. So please help
support, as fine ART ain't cheap.
With that said here is our ARTSY
offering to all of hipsterdom. We salute you from SIlverlake to Williamsburg.
Lots of greenscreen fun, we clown in a range of styles of the ARTSYEST nature.
Secret History directed,
Buildestroy designed and animated, ReelRoots shot and edited, The Grouch rapped. A family
affair, looking forward to more.
Posted at 05:47 PM
Fri - November 30, 2007
DOZE GREEN and DAVID ELLIS at Upperplayground SF Dec. 13 2007
Oh yes 2 of my favorite artists and close friends
together again. The last time we were in SF
together
was in 2002 for their collab show at 111 Minna, after we had all been on the road with Galactic doing
the Sight of Sound tour. I was filming the whole thing and documenting the rockstar painter mashup.
This show promises to be extra crazy. Buildestroy will be creating projections for the show and installations.
Also will premiere some pieces from the Ghetto Defender film with Doze. Come check us Bay Area Massive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRtmS6P-i9M
"Rubicon Sun"
Thursday December 13, 2007
at Fifty24SF Gallery in San Francisco (252 Fillmore Street @ Haight)
"For Rubicon Sun, David Ellis and Doze Green present an exhibition
they have been training for their entire lives. It's an installation
combining every discipline and material imaginable that weaves
drawing, painting, sculpture, music, kinetic movement, sound, light,
projection and film. It's a memorial to a magic porthole filled with
trumpets whose signal is now jammed, it's a glimpse at the last days
of the worst four letter word in our vocabulary, and a nod towards a
future on the other side of the river that lays down it's sword and
shield and looks again to the sun for wisdom."
Raised in North Carolina, David Ellis' work explores music and sound
through improvised live painting sessions he calls "motion painting"
as well as through kinetic installation. He has exhibited at
contemporary art museums and galleries both nationally and
internationally.
New York City-native, Doze Green has roots firmly planted in the soil
of street culture as a graffiti legend--the "King of Characters"--and
as an original member of the Rock Steady Crew. His career in art began
in 1974 when he started painting on the streets of NYC and has since
seen his work included in many public and private collections across
the world.
was in 2002 for their collab show at 111 Minna, after we had all been on the road with Galactic doing
the Sight of Sound tour. I was filming the whole thing and documenting the rockstar painter mashup.
This show promises to be extra crazy. Buildestroy will be creating projections for the show and installations.
Also will premiere some pieces from the Ghetto Defender film with Doze. Come check us Bay Area Massive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRtmS6P-i9M
"Rubicon Sun"
Thursday December 13, 2007
at Fifty24SF Gallery in San Francisco (252 Fillmore Street @ Haight)
"For Rubicon Sun, David Ellis and Doze Green present an exhibition
they have been training for their entire lives. It's an installation
combining every discipline and material imaginable that weaves
drawing, painting, sculpture, music, kinetic movement, sound, light,
projection and film. It's a memorial to a magic porthole filled with
trumpets whose signal is now jammed, it's a glimpse at the last days
of the worst four letter word in our vocabulary, and a nod towards a
future on the other side of the river that lays down it's sword and
shield and looks again to the sun for wisdom."
Raised in North Carolina, David Ellis' work explores music and sound
through improvised live painting sessions he calls "motion painting"
as well as through kinetic installation. He has exhibited at
contemporary art museums and galleries both nationally and
internationally.
New York City-native, Doze Green has roots firmly planted in the soil
of street culture as a graffiti legend--the "King of Characters"--and
as an original member of the Rock Steady Crew. His career in art began
in 1974 when he started painting on the streets of NYC and has since
seen his work included in many public and private collections across
the world.
Posted at 04:44 PM
Why not? Here's graffiti handstyles for Christina Augilera "FIGHTER" from a year ago...
My good friend John Narun was
CD at Venano, Inc.
on the project of creating a jumbo
screen
film for each song on the album to compliment the stage show. So with Jason Whitmore fresh
off of the Ipod light streak spot he did at Exopolis we got to do the graffiti handstyle streaks
that we've all been waiting to see. Who cares about abstractions, let the streaks have meaning.
Oh yeah Sprint jumped everyone else on that one, except us, and ours was for Xtina so now
what? Buildestroy didn't animate any of this, we just caught tags and throw ups and abstracted
wildstyle letters. My LA homie Trixter got down with me on this one too.
PS: It's 4 minutes long and 23 MB, I won't be hurt if you only last 1/2 way through..
http://www.buildestroy.com/XTINA.mov
film for each song on the album to compliment the stage show. So with Jason Whitmore fresh
off of the Ipod light streak spot he did at Exopolis we got to do the graffiti handstyle streaks
that we've all been waiting to see. Who cares about abstractions, let the streaks have meaning.
Oh yeah Sprint jumped everyone else on that one, except us, and ours was for Xtina so now
what? Buildestroy didn't animate any of this, we just caught tags and throw ups and abstracted
wildstyle letters. My LA homie Trixter got down with me on this one too.
PS: It's 4 minutes long and 23 MB, I won't be hurt if you only last 1/2 way through..
http://www.buildestroy.com/XTINA.mov
Posted at 04:26 PM
Sat - November 17, 2007
Buildestroy completes Global Warming PSA with Believe Director Paul Street
Using dope 35mm footage shot in Tahiti mixed with
green screen footage shot in LA, we made
a good day gone wrong. The spot shows one of the grim realities of global warming, the rising
of our sea level. Not good for surfing and not good for living. Now if only we had a government
that gave a damn, cause I know the people do. Every little bit counts..
http://www.buildestroy.com/SURFSUP_EUROPE_web.mov
a good day gone wrong. The spot shows one of the grim realities of global warming, the rising
of our sea level. Not good for surfing and not good for living. Now if only we had a government
that gave a damn, cause I know the people do. Every little bit counts..
http://www.buildestroy.com/SURFSUP_EUROPE_web.mov
Posted at 02:57 PM
Wed - October 24, 2007
Buildestroy Audio Collaborator ASA TACCONE Wins EMMY!
The picture says it all. An Emmy for "Dick in a Box" on Saturday Night Live! Yeah only a cat in our camp would pull that off. Word, respects big ASA!
http://www.asataccone.com Check for ASA's music samples on Buildestroy's website soon come with his partner Drew from Adeline Studios. Two
of my favorite producers, together making big moves this coming year. Plus I'm making his new website.
Posted at 05:58 PM
Buildestroy comissioned to create the 2007 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival intro
We did another motion painting piece. This time we
wanted to have a bit of a story that would speak to the themes of the LALIFF
Festival. This year the themes were focused on the idea of the Harvest, also of
coming of age, and the youth. They also were also honoring a Mexican actor and
had a night of Lucha Libre. We wanted to be able to speak to these ideas as well
as tie in the concept of the dreamer and following your dreams and the struggle
that ensues with this life path. The filmaker like the Luchador fights every day
to make his film. The result is growth and the Harvest is of your
creations.
We shot the painting in the stopmotion Barnstormers bird's eye tradition for 2 days, and then edited and composited for 2 weeks. The environments were all 3D using our photography. The piece was a huge hit at the festival, and we had a great time making it. I painted alongside Miguel Perez on this one. My beautiful wife Jeni blesses the screen at the end. I shared the creative duties with Fidel at Kr8tive Guns and the sound was done by AZ. Thanks to LALIFF for the chance to make this.
http://www.buildestroy.com/LALIFF.mov
We shot the painting in the stopmotion Barnstormers bird's eye tradition for 2 days, and then edited and composited for 2 weeks. The environments were all 3D using our photography. The piece was a huge hit at the festival, and we had a great time making it. I painted alongside Miguel Perez on this one. My beautiful wife Jeni blesses the screen at the end. I shared the creative duties with Fidel at Kr8tive Guns and the sound was done by AZ. Thanks to LALIFF for the chance to make this.
http://www.buildestroy.com/LALIFF.mov
Posted at 05:52 PM
Wed - August 1, 2007
Buildestroy Family Stand Up! Tuff City Styles Grand Opening in the BRONX!
My brother MED relaunched our clothing line with
our own retail store and the sickest tattoo shop ever seen. My crew
is
coming up large, we got Bay Area homie Metal Man Ed to come and recreate 4 NY MTA subway trains to scale, down
to the rivet. Tuff City partnered with Montana paint to have one of the most extensive collections of aerosol paint for sale
in New York. There's also a legal wall there in the alley for anyone who buys a certain amount of paint can do a burner.
On the roof they installed a life size side panel of the MTA train with windows and everything, for us to piece when we want.
Some of the best tattoos, airbrushing, and piecing going down at Tuff City. Also a full music studio and the Buildestroy East
Coast Headquarters housed at Tuff City. Check for MED, CES,and YES2. The Grand Opening in July was nuts. Right near
the Bronx Zoo and Fordham University, so don't be scared of the Boogie Down BX.
650 E. Fordham Rd. Bronx, NY 10495 • 718. 563. 4157
The TCS clothing line collabo with Buildestroy. Here's some of the designs from Summer 07.
coming up large, we got Bay Area homie Metal Man Ed to come and recreate 4 NY MTA subway trains to scale, down
to the rivet. Tuff City partnered with Montana paint to have one of the most extensive collections of aerosol paint for sale
in New York. There's also a legal wall there in the alley for anyone who buys a certain amount of paint can do a burner.
On the roof they installed a life size side panel of the MTA train with windows and everything, for us to piece when we want.
Some of the best tattoos, airbrushing, and piecing going down at Tuff City. Also a full music studio and the Buildestroy East
Coast Headquarters housed at Tuff City. Check for MED, CES,and YES2. The Grand Opening in July was nuts. Right near
the Bronx Zoo and Fordham University, so don't be scared of the Boogie Down BX.
650 E. Fordham Rd. Bronx, NY 10495 • 718. 563. 4157
The TCS clothing line collabo with Buildestroy. Here's some of the designs from Summer 07.
Posted at 08:28 PM
Mon - June 25, 2007
BDA/PROMAX Session - Twenty120
My boy from the Ebeling Group, Conner invited us
to participate in a
session that was a who's who of tight mograff cats. The theme was
"change" I chose to take that one real literal this time. Check it out:
http://www.twenty120.com/films/010.html
Sometimes I just can't resist lowbrow humor. Especially when it involves
cultural and political jabs at dead presidents and rappers doing the VO!
session that was a who's who of tight mograff cats. The theme was
"change" I chose to take that one real literal this time. Check it out:
http://www.twenty120.com/films/010.html
Sometimes I just can't resist lowbrow humor. Especially when it involves
cultural and political jabs at dead presidents and rappers doing the VO!
Posted at 11:46 AM
BDA/PROMAX NYC 2007 - MAX'D OUT PARTY!
The week of June 11-17 was a rainy mess in NYC.
My flight from LA took over 18 hours and involved
me renting and driving a car from Philly to NY. Together with Heroic, 3RingCircus, Wondermint, and
Network I threw a party for the good people who attended the BDA/Promax event. All I can say is prayers
do get answered as the rain forecast miraculously went from 80% chance to 0% on the day of our party.
This matters because Buildestroy's parties usually involve live music and live art. To do these things
properly we needed to be outside, on a rooftop, in the middle of Times Square! Check the results:
My family in NY is strong so there was a good presence of artists and musicians. Not to mention the industry
folks who showed up and had a great time. Open bar usually leads to a good time by all...
Thanks to everyone who showed up, next year will be even better!
me renting and driving a car from Philly to NY. Together with Heroic, 3RingCircus, Wondermint, and
Network I threw a party for the good people who attended the BDA/Promax event. All I can say is prayers
do get answered as the rain forecast miraculously went from 80% chance to 0% on the day of our party.
This matters because Buildestroy's parties usually involve live music and live art. To do these things
properly we needed to be outside, on a rooftop, in the middle of Times Square! Check the results:
My family in NY is strong so there was a good presence of artists and musicians. Not to mention the industry
folks who showed up and had a great time. Open bar usually leads to a good time by all...
Thanks to everyone who showed up, next year will be even better!
Posted at 11:36 AM
Thu - May 17, 2007
Latest BUILDESTROY Art Show
Yeah all this being chained to the computer shit
sucks! I prefer to burn the crap
out of my hand and breathe molten lead fumes! Here's my latest stained glass
creation: 300 pieces and 400 watts! My good friend Alex Dervin of Network invited
me to do my version of the Bus project for the Group show "blood, sweat, and tires."
I wanted to get my shine on...
out of my hand and breathe molten lead fumes! Here's my latest stained glass
creation: 300 pieces and 400 watts! My good friend Alex Dervin of Network invited
me to do my version of the Bus project for the Group show "blood, sweat, and tires."
I wanted to get my shine on...
Posted at 02:14 PM
Tue - March 20, 2007
New SIte Launched! New Projects for Summer!
Currently putting the finishing touches on The
Grouch's "Artsy" music video. Should be a youtube favorite,
we
decided to remake the most "artsy" commercials and videos. The song is really clownin' on the hipster scene
so we wanted the visuals to take it even further. It's been alot of work but coming out real funny. Should be ready
to be on the new reel in June.
.
Also putting the finishing touches on the "Ghetto Defender" project with Doze Green's paintings turned into a 7
minute animation exploration. Easily the best project I've ever been able to work on. It took funding it myself to
make it happen, but such is art. Lots of super talented audio and visual collaborators, making it happen as well.
Look on buildestroy.com for the teases as they get released.
decided to remake the most "artsy" commercials and videos. The song is really clownin' on the hipster scene
so we wanted the visuals to take it even further. It's been alot of work but coming out real funny. Should be ready
to be on the new reel in June.
.
Also putting the finishing touches on the "Ghetto Defender" project with Doze Green's paintings turned into a 7
minute animation exploration. Easily the best project I've ever been able to work on. It took funding it myself to
make it happen, but such is art. Lots of super talented audio and visual collaborators, making it happen as well.
Look on buildestroy.com for the teases as they get released.
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