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

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 

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 

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 and Lonely Island! http://www.asataccone.com
Check for ASA’s music samples on Buildestroy’s website soon to come with his partner Drew Campbell from Adeline Studios. Two of my favorite producers, together making big moves this coming year. Plus he’s in the studio with Dangermouse making top secret madness.

My good 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.

My boy Conner in NYC 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. Forever the sarcastic bastard sometimes I just can’t resist lowbrow humor. Especially when it involves cultural and political jabs at dead presidents and rappers doing the VO! Check it out:

http://www.twenty120.com/films/010.html 

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 only matters because the Buildestroy 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 crew 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 CES, DOZE, CYCLE, and BOUNCE for painting my wall, and MED for illegal Times Square billboard throw ups!

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 major shine on…

This section is all about what Tunes are playing played out in my truck as I sit in LA traffic. This week it’s been a big Dubstep week in the whip. Mostly because I’m still waiting to get the newest Project Groundation mixtape with Pressure which my driving staple. I’m doing the new PGM clothing line this week too. So big tings a gwan!

In the last post I linked to some of David’s sites. He has been a huge inspiration to me over the years ever since Doze introduced me to him. The technique that he developed known as “motion painting”, I have used in a recent network rebrand for LATV. It’s a time lapse technique that I first became involved with in a prior Sesame Street project the year before the one in my last post. I wanted to take the technique even further this time filming all of the painting on green screen so we could isolate the layers and create 3D space. Painting was done by me (STAT7), BOUNCE, TRIXTER, ARIEL, and Marcos Vaz.  

Buildestroy LATV Rebrand

David Ellis (SKWerm) also used the technique most recently in the KnowAids PSA (VISFX done by Mass Market):This spot also features long time BUILDESTROY collaborator Doze Green.

http://www.buildestroy.com/AIDS_PSA_WEB.mov