Coney Island Aritst Clubhouse 2006

Yesterday marked the start of the Coney Island Aritst Clubhouse documentary project. The Clubhouse, pioneered last summer by Steve Powers aka ESPO, was a smashing success the first time around, so Steve has decided to continue on with the project this year. We're going to spend the remainder of the month of August in Coney documenting Steve painting signs, being on the recieving end of confused stares, and causing general trouble and bewilderment amongst the crowds on Coney Island.

Things jumped off this year with the christening of the inflatable limo. Six tanks of helium were used to inflate the limo to full capacity. Once it was ready Steve and crew (with a NY Times photographer in tow) guided the luxury derigible down Surf Avenue, around the corner onto 12th Street and directly onto the beach. The spectacle was greeted with curiosity and delight by all.

We'll keep the blog updated with current news from Coney over the next few weeks, and we hope to produce a short from the footage we shoot by December. If you are intested in visiting Coney Island, you can find directions here, and for more about the Coney Island Aritst Clubhouse, check out this. Finally, you can find ESPO here.

The Beales of Grey Gardens

Just moments ago me and Dan Murphy finished a collaborative effort on a movie poster for the documentary "The Beales of Grey Gardens", filmed by the Maysles brothers. On Thursday we went to the premeire at the IFC in Manhattan, and I personally haven't felt so inspired by a film in sometime. The film is a second movie featuring the same characters as the first film "Grey Gardens" that was released in 1975. It will be realeased on DVD by Criterion in the fall.

You can learn more about the film here, and the Maysles brother and their stunning collection of work here.

Philagrafika presents MEGAWORDS at Landmarks Contemporary Projects

Myself and Dan are very excited about this, mostly because we have the opportunity to further explore video, something we've both been wanting to do as of late. Here is the announcement from the Philagrafika site. We will update with more information at the opening date approaches.

SWINDLE Magazine featured in the July/August issue of Print Mag

Radical Traditionalists. Read the full article here.

Adam Wallacavage - Photographist Extraordinaire

Just recieved a few copies of Adam Wallacavage's new book Monster Size Monsters back from the printer. We are very pleased with the way they turned out, and so is Adam. Jim Houser wrote the foreward, and there is also an introduction by Andrew Jeffery Wright. More on the book from Gingko's website -

"Wallacavage cut his teeth in photography shooting photos for Thrasher, Skateboard Magazine and later Transworld, Strength and Slap. Ranging from the sublime to the surreal to the silly, his colorful photos quickly began to draw attention outside of the world of skaters. Over the past decade, Adam Wallacavage has photographed several important artists of our time including Barry McGee and Rebecca Westcott, shot great underground bands and captured amazing moments in the evolution of the art collective underground in the US most notably Space 1026 in Philadelphia, PA and Fort Thunder in Providence, RI. His photos are all informed by the colorful and dynamic style he developed as a skateboard photographer. “Shooting for skateboard magazines was the best education in photography I could ever have had, that and working at a one hour photo lab. I learned to set up lights and shoot in dangerous and illegal situations fast, so that I could get out before security guards or cops showed up to bust us for skateboarding.”

The book is 176 pages in length,and hardbound. You can get a copy here.