Mass Destruction Tokyo

This rare film by Cheryl Dunn shows Barry McGee Josh Lozcano Ed Templeton, and Chris Johanson at a demolition derby in Shibuya, Tokyo in 2001. Shot in 16 mm this special cut of the cars being painted and the derby footage has never before been available online.

AJ Fosik

"Lamplighter to the Promise Land" by AJ Fosik

The show (by the same name) runs through December 8th, 2012 at the Guerrero Gallery. I attended the opening last Saturday and wasn't prepared for the level of detail that goes into these pieces. They have to be seen in person to fully appreciate the scale and three dimensionality of Fosik's work.

Richmond Annex

For today's Throwback Thursday post I have a photo I snapped of Q on a rooftop in the Richmond Annex. He's standing next to one of the characters from a short film we were working on back in the day. Q's holding a Super 8 camera, but we also shot with a 16mm Bolex and a SVHS camera that we borrowed from an art school in San Francisco.

I'm working on a new zine that will feature more photos from that shoot, in addition to some behind the scenes notes and stories about the kind of madness that we sometimes found ourselves having to deal with while trying to complete that film and another over the course of a summer.

Special Delivery

SWAMPY piece at Endless Canvas' Special Delivery exhibit last September.  Check out the video below to see how it all came together.

Reflecting

5/3/12: Thursday morning, and the sky is grey like ashes on the banks of the Ganges.

Fishbone | Thrasher

I spent the better part of yesterday going through boxes of old photos, post cards, stickers, and Thrasher magazines.  Most of those old Thrashers are from the eighties, and I've used for them for reference, especially graphics and design, man times over the years, but more recently they've been hidden away in boxes.  While flipping through a copy of the 1989's San Francisco issue, I stopped at this FISHBONE ad offering an "Ultra Killer Deal" for a yearly subscription to the mag, and decided to scan it.

Maneki Neko

My first post of 2012!  

Soft Serve, Stencil Art, Graffitti Cocktail Shaker, Mexican Chocolate, Maneki Neko, and a Milk Bar Cookie. 

You can now find me on Instagram @jayunidos