It’s pretty crazy.”Ī couple of years after “Stick ‘Em Up” came out, Luster co-founded Storyhive, a production company that creates documentaries and other videos for companies in Houston’s biggest industries. “Some of the pieces that I just shot like, a week ago, have already been updated or painted over. “It’s like the continuing conversation is actually happening as I’m recording this video,” says Luster. Luster’s footage plays like a fixed account of what matters to Houstonians - which turns out to be not all that fixed. There are many examples of COVID-inspired art, and more besides: sculptor David Adickes’ Beatles statues make a quick cameo, as does his Theater District landmark “Virtuoso.” Finley’s “Sky Dance” and Dual’s “Produce Row” slip by among a progression of more anonymous (but no less striking) representations of H-Town life: astronauts, alebrijes, Selena. Luster estimates his film contains roughly 300 different art pieces of all sizes, shapes, and styles. “Now I couldn’t even give you a percentage of how much of it has actually got permission or is even paid for.”
“Back then, it was so easy to find illegal street art everywhere,” adds Luster. “And so I wanted to go ahead and document what I see now compared to back then. “What struck me is I’m seeing so much more artwork in different forms - not necessarily graffiti, but very graffiti-inspired,” he says.
Sometimes he caught himself reflecting on how Houston’s scene has exploded in the years since “Stick ‘Em Up!” came out. Her 23-minute piece will be accompanied onscreen by footage shot by Houston-based filmmaker Alex Luster.ĭirector of the 2011 documentary “Stick ‘Em Up!”, a look at the city’s controversial wheatpaste artists, Luster did a lot of driving around while listening to Chin’s piece, circling the block dozens of times if necessary to get that perfect shot. This weekend, the orchestra will perform South Korean composer Unsuk Chin’s “Graffiti,” premiered by the L.A. In a city that loves its street art - witness the decade-long saga of the “Be Someone” railroad-bridge mural - the burgeoning local scene now has an eyebrow-raising co-sign from an unlikely source: the Houston Symphony. Scene from Alex Luster's Houston-shot film 'Graffiti' Photo: courtesy Alex Luster
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