My name is Aaron Valdez. I am a film-video artist and collector of things. I grew up in Texas and now call Grand Rapids, Michigan my home. I currently make videos for Wreck & Salvage.Tumblr (3.0; @valdez)http://aaronvaldez.com/<a href="http://wreckandsalvage.com">All New Wreck and Salvage</a>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/48552157http://aaronvaldez.com/post/48552157Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:27:44 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=59154" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=57bf716e41&photo_id=2814432494" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=59154" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=59154" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=57bf716e41&photo_id=2814432494" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/superfun/2814432494/">Uncle Muffin throat singing, scaring Brigid on Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a></blockquote>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/48184957http://aaronvaldez.com/post/48184957Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:02:00 -0400Last week we hammered out a couple of quick remixes for <a href="http://remixamerica.org">Remix America’s</a> presence at the Democratic National Convention. <a href="http://vimeo.com/1607991">McCain on Leno</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/1610348">Nancy Pelosi Techno Chicken</a>, <a href="http://vimeo.com/1618374">Reaction</a>, and <a href="http://vimeo.com/1628014">John McCain Convention Night</a> (subtitled).http://aaronvaldez.com/post/48183682http://aaronvaldez.com/post/48183682Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:44:31 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6Id3f6a8u9FVHVLq3_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Off to Alphacine.http://aaronvaldez.com/post/47394324http://aaronvaldez.com/post/47394324Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:04:16 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6Id1x2flxWRU3T4Pn_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Bruce Conner film is done and done. Crossing my fingers that the post house will be able to transfer it with all the tape slices. There are many.http://aaronvaldez.com/post/47251830http://aaronvaldez.com/post/47251830Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:49:37 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1550624&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1550624&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1550624&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/46639629http://aaronvaldez.com/post/46639629Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:09:11 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1512370&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1512370&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1512370&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/46022102http://aaronvaldez.com/post/46022102Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:03:05 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/hKCvYX51mcnlatyq6n0qpeI9_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/46022031http://aaronvaldez.com/post/46022031Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:01:46 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6Icnrb6gyWeLymlyW_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/46021928http://aaronvaldez.com/post/46021928Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:59:41 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6IcapblnovTexiyiA_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>The last piece of the puzzle for my Bruce Conner tribute film.http://aaronvaldez.com/post/44864058http://aaronvaldez.com/post/44864058Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:43:00 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1462331&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1462331&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1462331&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/>My first SUPPENDAPO video (or Supplies for the Pending Apocalypse) for Wreck and Salvage. Suppendapo is your one-stop-shop for anything you need for the upcoming apocalypse. Call the number and leave your order. Some orders we make into videos, some orders will go onto our new site as audio, other orders never see the light of day (most of these are Quirk’s drunken walks around NYC).http://aaronvaldez.com/post/44664944http://aaronvaldez.com/post/44664944Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:58:29 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6Ic6b4atgbzIAZFYF_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Contents of my Tivo download folder. Strictly for editing I should mention.http://aaronvaldez.com/post/44487085http://aaronvaldez.com/post/44487085Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:54:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6Ic2aw39aw0ygdeR1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><i>Bruce Conner tribute film </i>moving along slow and steady. Splicing tape ordered, last source film in transit, walls covered in film, and the basic outline is getting there. Just a reminder to take care of your lung.http://aaronvaldez.com/post/44152611http://aaronvaldez.com/post/44152611Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:36:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6IbwkwbpmZsGmb55U_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Stimulated! The farming has begun on a special request remix video for <a href="http://aurorapictureshow.org/">Aurora Picture Show</a> in Houston. Super excited to make something for my homies back in Houston.http://aaronvaldez.com/post/43662125http://aaronvaldez.com/post/43662125Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:30:23 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6Ibnu6wb3VLGWW4j1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/42936384http://aaronvaldez.com/post/42936384Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:34:49 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://aaronvaldez.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/42839938/vHZZUAL6Ibm2qces0RnvpFpz&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>The Rubber Room - Porter Wagoner.</p> <p>This may be the sound for my Bruce Conner film. I’m going to live with it awhile. Channeling “A Movie” and “Mongoloid” for the visuals. We’ll see.</p>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/42839938http://aaronvaldez.com/post/42839938Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:58:00 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6Ibjo45i6pssTdjaX_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/42653643http://aaronvaldez.com/post/42653643Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:33:52 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/vHZZUAL6Iber4gosgKRpq0kS_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>16mm film still: Gerzy puts the Maniac Hex on my wedding circa 2005.http://aaronvaldez.com/post/42209331http://aaronvaldez.com/post/42209331Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:59:15 -0400<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/hKCvYX51mbapncrjo3pa4gSe_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote>second internet (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wreck">Wreck and Salvage</a>)</blockquote>http://aaronvaldez.com/post/41934015http://aaronvaldez.com/post/41934015Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:53:32 -0400