Wade and Tilt Warning Creating Pinball Games for FAILE

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Anna Newman

FAILE has hired Wade Krause and Dave Baach of Tilt Warning Customs to create pinball games for FAILE’s DeluxxeFluxx arcade showing at the giant Art Basel art show in Miami this year.

5 of 13 colors laid down on one of two different pinball backglasses…

FAILE is a collaboration between Brooklyn artists Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller, and they are HUGE in the art world. Their recent work with the NYC Ballet helped re-introduce ballet to a new generation that might never have thought about ballet as cool.

I think Wade, Dave and FAILE can do the same thing for pinball.

Wade mixes ink for Faile’s backglass screen printing

Wade mixes by eye to Pantone precision.

In their newsletter, FAILE reports

We are working to bring DeluxxFluxx to ArtBasel in Miami this year. We have a new set of arcade games and will be showing pinball machines for the first time.

Wade inspects in-progress pinball backglass with one of Faile’s designs

Wade, Dave and I are documenting the creation of the backglass and other pinball elements at Wade’s Studio — Stay tuned for more images and info!

Film from a past project with KRK Ryden watches from a shelf in Wade’s studio

You can learn more about Wade and his work with pinball art in the DVD Wade Krause: Pinball Artist, available here.

First Pressing of Pinball Double Featurette DVD Selling Out

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Anna Newman

Huge thank you to everyone who has been purchasing the Pinball Double Featurette DVD. It looks like the first pressing will sell out this summer. It’s been exciting to watch the overflowing case from the first run clear out:

Your nice reviews and emails in response to the project are much enjoyed and appreciated.

PS: Good news for International buyers: I have found a lighter means of packaging that brings the shipping costs down a bit.

PBDG and PBDG DVDs at California Extreme this Weekend

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Anna Newman

This weekend on Sunday July 14 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM I’ll be at California Extreme in Santa Clara, CA, screening both Pinball Donut Girl and Wade Krause: Pinball Artist films. I think Wade will be there too, and I’m hoping other cast and crew will join us as well.

and I’ll bring DVDs!

If you would like me to bring your DVD to you personally at CAX rather than shipping, please send me a note or fb me or leave a comment here to let me know. Hope to see you at the show!