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Andre The Giant Has a Posse

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About Me

This is the official site for the short documentary

"Andre the Giant Has a Posse."

Synopsis The GIANT graffiti and sticker campaign began in 1989 as skateboarder and graphic designer Shepard Fairey's rebellion against corporate logo worship. A decade later there were over a million GIANT images in distribution around the world. The award-winning short film by Helen Stickler reveals the source of the enigmatic face and the ideas behind it, and demonstrates how a simple image of a dead wrestler became a global experiment in Phenomonology.

My Interests

"A Dada-esque movement that means little beyond its own self-perpetuation, but its genial, anarchic spirit is expertly captured in the brief movie." - Darren D’Addario, Time Out New York "legendary … a canonical study of Gen-X media manipulation. One of the keenest examinations of ‘90s underground culture" - Ed Halter, The Village Voice "Ms. Stickler’s video is one of the best documentations of this kind of activity I have ever seen...very funny and thought provoking." - Peter Huestis, HYPNO Magazine

My Blog

Screening of "Andre the Giant has a Posse" in NYC FRIDAY 4/4

Hello! For those of you in NYC or the vicinity this weekend, my 1995 short documentary about Shepard Fairey, titled "Andre the Giant has a Posse" is having a rare screening this Friday night, 7pm as ...
Posted by Andre The Giant Has a Posse on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:57:00 PST

Director Statement

Andre the Giant has a Posse Documentary short by Helen Stickler, 1995 I first noticed Shepard Faireys original black and white "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" sticker on a light box at RISD (Rhod...
Posted by Andre The Giant Has a Posse on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:21:00 PST

Selected Theatrical Exhibitions

The 2nd Annual New York Underground Film & Video Festival, March 1995 Alleged Gallery, Represent: The Art of Underground Streetwear Graphics; NYC, 4-5/95 Appropriation as a Means of Making Art San F...
Posted by Andre The Giant Has a Posse on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:20:00 PST

Awards, Honors, & Tours

Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Documentary, The Florida Film Festival, 1997 Best Documentary THAW'96, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 1996 Second Place Best Documentary: New York Underground Film Fe...
Posted by Andre The Giant Has a Posse on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:08:00 PST