5POINTZ

5Pointz is wiped clean overnight, and will soon no longer exist. The graffiti mecca for street artists from around the world will apparently turned into luxury apartments, and is scheduled for demolition by the end of the year.
Everything gets replaced in New York by the new, and more profitable.
Old goes, new comes, and so we lose part of our artistic and cultural heritage.

This is a real shame.

I wish I had photographed and filmed more of it.

Here is a small project I worked on at 5Pointz.

Behind the scenes here.

BET - '106 & Park' audition video

Yesterday I shot a new video for entrepreneur, and author Antonio Brown, which I had the pleasure to work with before (see 'Muted. Dreams'). He's submitting the video to tv show 'BET - 106 & Park' to become the next host of the popular show.

We filmed in 5 Pointz in Long Island City, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” where aerosol artists from around the globe paint their art on the walls of the old factory buildings.

Here follows the video. I filmed, and edited everything in 24 hours to make it for the '106 & Park' deadline. Wish Antonio good luck with the show!

 
Last but not least… A big thanks to the crew! Here are some BTS iPhone pics from the shoot.