DR: You guys are some of the leaders of downtown culture you guys make things fun, exciting, dysfunctional and interesting. Where does the culture of downtown NYC stand right now?
AB: Things change and continue to do so. The majority of kids downtown these days going to art school living down here coming from out of town with money and are still attached to the umbilical cord. The kids nowadays are a little bratty, their internet babies.
SS: Yeah kids today can jump online and study the culture as opposed to being involved in the culture. There’s some good too it but a lot of bad.
AB: When it comes down to it though we need wackness to make the dope stuff look great so I thank these kids for helping us shine that much more! Downtown used to be a laboratory to me, everyone was experimenting now we’re a science project of sorts. We’re dealing with a recession right now and I feel like there’s a cultural recession special about to go down. I’m like anti-cultural recession spray or something.
DR: How does art play a role in your life and your business?
AB: I ruined myself over art. The art I do isn’t so tangible; I sell air in a sense. I’m inspired by my friend’s art and hopefully inspire some of their art. That being said, successful is an art, surviving is an art form as is longevity. A lot of kids who went to art school don’t get it. The way I create dysfunction is art in a sense. I love mixing up scenes and freaking people out. It’s fun to see gays, weirdoes, thugs, and skateboarders, art bug outs and socialites all together interacting and watching the culture clash unfold.
SS: It’s always the funniest when we get everybody together from thugged out kids to rich kids, art weirdoes and bug outs all together under one roof supporting the same stuff. That’s what makes NY interesting. It’s what aNYthing is really all about.
DR: Are you going to change the game again?
AB: I don’t want to throw my arm out patting myself on the back but this is an opportunity to make some things interesting again. Things got diluted a bit like we said and this is a chance to re-energize things. I just feel great to have my baby aNYthing back, it’s a great vehicle for my madness.
SS: I feel like we got injured and now we rehabbed ourselves and were ready to comeback and make the all-star team again. Like I got kicked off the team for getting caught in the girls locker room at halftime, got suspended for a few and now I’m reinstated and ready to be a All-American weirdo again and aNYthing is the vehicle to do that with. It’s going to be good!
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