Austin's GRAVITY

Going going back back to Austin.

0:00 Intro
0:47 Austin's gravitational forces
3:00 IMI Fest
5:18 The expanding city
6:35 This week on the Patreon

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A pioneer in digital filmmaking, Van Neistat made his first internet video, The Holland Tunnel, in 2000. He went on to collaborate with New York City artist Tom Sachs, directing a series of short films shown at the Guggenheim Museum in Berlin. Van has since directed dozens more films for the Tom Sachs Studio. In 2010 HBO aired The Neistat Brothers, an 8-episode series of short videos made entirely by Van and his brother Casey Neistat. Van Neistat’s directorial debut feature, A SPACE PROGRAM, co-written by Tom Sachs, premiered at the 2015 South by Southwest Film Festival and opened in theaters nation-wide in spring, 2016. In 2018 Neistat Directed the short film Paradox Bullets, co-written with Tom Sachs, narrated by Werner Herzog, and starring Ed Rushca. Neistat has written and directed commercial projects for Nike, Hurley, Kate Spade, Tory Burch, J. Crew, Twitter, Sleepy Jones and Frances Valentine. His work has been exhibited in museums throughout the world. He lives in Topanga, California.

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[wortheffort]

Funny, the gravity that draws is also what pushes away. Most of ATX creatives like me have been pushed out. Relocated to San Marcos and am seeing history repeat.

[choq-des-lody]

This might be my favourite Van Neistat video. The creativity of that GoPro falling showing images and then falling into the star of Austin! I hope it is ones of those shots that sticks in my mind for a very long time

[Hiluxtaco]

I was waiting for the ending where Van says that he is now moving to Austin...

But, that never came.

[bender]

seeing someone put New York City's heyday as a counter-culture artist mecca right next to Tony Hinchcliffe makes me want to fall to my knees and weep

[texlee]

I had some of the best years of my adult life in Austin in the 2000's but I left for good in 2011, the writing was on the wall. I don't even recognize today's Austin, its vibe, energy and development offend me and my memory of what it once was and represented. For those moving there today I wish you well but I fear you've missed the boat and by a long shot. That city will always hold a special place in my heart but I'll never be able to revisit or recreate those memories as the place is a hollow shell of its former self.

[theindieinitiative]

You're one of a kind, Van! We're captivated by your work, and can't wait for what's to come.
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[devonallie]

The incredible irony of professing gratitude for both the arts and the stemlord/techbro/billionaires who would see the artists truly starve is both perplexing and somehow delightful.

[scottn]

I grew up in Austin, I left a couple times and came back. Everything changes. Such is the world. Even Slacker didn’t have Liberty Lunch or Armadillo World Headquarters before that. Expecting stasis from the dynamic is the source of your disappointment.

[Csaxty]

I live a block from the corner you were staying on. Glad to have you in our city!

[paulmitchum]

Find the movie 'Slacker.' Watch it. Write down a list of everything that you think is beautiful about it. Take that list and burn it because it's already gone.

[mmmbiscuits]

Tim Dillion lives in NYC. Duncan lives in North Carolina, LA has multiple racetracks. Bert is not funny, and has never been funny. Tesla moved R&D back to San moved there for tax avoidance. All the people telling us we have to move to Austin now, are the same people who told us we had to move to Cali 10 years ago. Grievance Culture mixed with FOMO is the strongest drug on earth.

[JordanDunning-op]

I'm a fan of all the Van Neistat thumbnails, but this might be my FAVOURITE Van Neistat thumbnail. It has the feeling of a greatly underrated rap mixtape from the early 2000s.

[jonathanmiranda]

You might like the Texas hillcountry. It has lots of great roads for driving / riding.

[mattstein]

i havent watched one of your videos in a while. i almost want to apologize for that as i forgot the profound feeling of motivation and courage you spread to me through your videos. Thank you Van.

[johnnymartinez]

Van as a west coaster now living in Texas, Texas sidewalks are very tiny. Not enough room for multiple traffick. This is a much needed in the Texas state

[Liazon]

I used to struggle with the idea of where I should be to do what I want to do... And then I realize that the best place I can be is a place that I am. Not that I need to move to a place to be, there's a lot of work where I am. So much in fact I would need multiple lifetimes to make more of a reason to move. Because if I move, I would have to start all over again and get momentum over there. But maybe that's purely for me, my work can be done where I am. For some, and for those who are roped in If not taken by gravity to go to these places where the work is for them that's very different for me.

[CountHarryLime]

It seems like the same people just move around, completely ruin an area, and then flee to the next trendy spot. Yeah it gets a cool art scene, food, gentrification but also turns into a HCOL area, overrun with homeless people, where crime is completely ignored. Then they all search for the next haven.

[jondeak]

If you leave Topanga and move to Austin you're making a huge mistake. I just left Woodland Hills and moved to Nashville 3 months ago and I was the biggest mistake of my life.

[turnermcdougal]

Tech bros, podcasters and transplants.

[daverizz]

Very cool. Glad you're getting that recognition! Congrats!