Aaron Valdez

Truckasaurus this weekend at the Wreck & Salvage Expo...

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:34:07 -0500

Truckasaurus this weekend at the Wreck & Salvage Expo Center. Kids under 3 get in free. Ladies $1 hotdogs all day.

Just keep going with Michael Caine. Co-starring Ernest Borgnine,...

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:41:50 -0500

Just keep going with Michael Caine. Co-starring Ernest Borgnine, Russian blenders, CAD unicorns, and some volcanoes.

Beautiful video by Jay Dedman of our time in Vermont. Jay...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:24:05 -0500

Beautiful video by Jay Dedman of our time in Vermont. Jay says:

Ryanne and I spent a week with the Wreck and Salvage gang, tearing down an old barn in Vermont. It was a long days of work and plenty of long talks about the future.
None of this you’ll see here. These are just the moments in between. (original music by Chuck Stern)

giant remote (via Wreck and Salvage) Jen found us a universal...

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:47:48 -0400

giant remote (via Wreck and Salvage) Jen found us a universal remote at Harbor Freight this weekend.

Good Morning (via Wreck & Salvage on Vimeo) Here’s the...

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:48:45 -0400

Good Morning (via Wreck & Salvage on Vimeo) Here’s the end product of a commissioned video I did for Aurora Picture Show. The video was made to play for a group of travel writers visiting Houston and Aurora’s home. They were to be treated to cold cereal and sat down to watch this on the big screen.

I cut the original intro off of this piece. The longer piece starts with the standard GMA intro and then into a brief collage of some of the weirder “this morning on GMA” teasers before going into this musical number. I thought it would be best to ease them into this.

Made using Tivo, Tivo Decoder, MPEG Streamclip, Final Cut Pro, and Soundtrack Pro. Video captured over 2 months, edited in 11 days.

oasis (via Wreck and Salvage)

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:40:47 -0400

oasis (via Wreck and Salvage)

The System (via Wreck & Salvage on Vimeo)

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:52:58 -0400

The System (via Wreck & Salvage on Vimeo)

(via Wreck and Salvage)

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:57:44 -0400

(via Wreck and Salvage)

Crossroads: A Tribute to Bruce Conner

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:14:59 -0400

Crossroads: A Tribute to Bruce Conner :

Screening tonight, October 14th, 8pm, Brooklyn!

The passing of Bruce Conner in July of this year allowed for reflection on his influence, which proves substantial and pervasive as we continue through the first years of the 21st century. In the expansion of American experimental filmmaking in the 1950s and 60s, Conner pushed the emerging practice of re-editing found footage to new heights of wit and profundity with films like A Movie (1958), Cosmic Ray (1962) and Report (1967), continuing his mastery of the idiom in subsequent years with works such as Crossroads (1976), which will undoubtedly stand as one of the definitive artistic statements of the nuclear age. Alongside Kenneth Anger and Andy Warhol, Conner also served as one of the major innovators in conjoining art and pop music, making Breakaway (1966) with then-girl-group singer Toni Basil, and collaborating with Devo, David Byrne and Brian Eno. Today, Conner’s accomplishments reverberate throughout contemporary creative culture, from the popular practice of internet mash-ups to the predominance of found-footage re-use in today’s 16mm filmmaking, assemblage and collage in gallery spaces, and media remixing in the electronic arts.

To honor his legacy, Light Industry invited an intergenerational roster of 25 artists from multiple disciplines to create and present works inspired by and in tribute of Conner. Participating artists: Peggy Ahwesh, Animal Charm, Craig Baldwin, Stephanie Barber, Dara Birnbaum, Roger Beebe, John Michael Boling, Bryan Boyce, Martha Colburn, Bradley Eros, Kevin Everson, Ernie Gehr, Michael Gitlin and Jacqueline Goss, Ken Jacobs, Kent Lambert, Oliver Laric, Jeanne Liotta, Eileen Maxson, Jenny Perlin, Luther Price, Michael Robinson, Keith Sanborn, Sylvia Schedelbauer, Deborah Stratman, Aaron Valdez

Tickets - $6, available at door. Part of the evening’s proceeds will go to benefit Anthology Film Archives’s preservation of Bruce Conner’s films.

Video I made for my work’s contribution to Parking Day...

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:25:13 -0400

Video I made for my work’s contribution to Parking Day 2008 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Installation by Corey Petrick for Dot&Cross. Music from Atardecer by Friends of Dean Martinez. More info at parkingday.org/

A little video I made around the Park(ing) Day festivities last...

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:57:00 -0400

A little video I made around the Park(ing) Day festivities last week in Grand Rapids. Installation by Jason Murray.

DVblog » Blandlands

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:36:44 -0400

DVblog » Blandlands: A past project of mine featured on DV Blog.

Photo

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:40:06 -0400

The Beach - SUPPENDAPO on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:59:26 -0400

The Beach - SUPPENDAPO on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Pure Energy on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:59:14 -0400

Pure Energy on Vimeo (via Vimeo)

view entire set Sept. 11th Marquees - Austin, Texas 2001. From...

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:54:08 -0400

view entire set Sept. 11th Marquees - Austin, Texas 2001. From my film Throwing Stones at the Sun (2002)

Fuckin' Film

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:44:00 -0400

Bend it til it breaks. Transfer tech reports film passes through the telecine like an angry stepchild. Jumpy as hell at splices of which there are a couple of 15-30’ runs spliced every two to three frames. Double-spliced. Film could stand up and walk around the room on its own. Shit is rigid.

Whelp, that’s bad news. Estimated $1000+ to get it optical printed to interneg and then transfered. Not enough time or money my friend so forcefeed that bastard into your machine and do your damdest. This is a Bruce Conner film for fucksake! Let’s roll.

All New Wreck and Salvage

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:27:44 -0400

All New Wreck and Salvage

Uncle Muffin throat singing, scaring Brigid on Flickr - Photo...

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:02:00 -0400

Uncle Muffin throat singing, scaring Brigid on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Wreck & Salvage DNC Remixes

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:44:31 -0400

Last week we hammered out a couple of quick remixes for Remix America’s presence at the Democratic National Convention. McCain on Leno, Nancy Pelosi Techno Chicken, Reaction, and John McCain Convention Night (subtitled).