The film Paperboys was released in the Spring of 2001. The project began as a curious look at the state of the American paper route and quietly evolved into an intimate look at this institution as tradition rather than a simple boyhood occupation. The film observes the daily routines of five boys who maintain the classic, bicycle-delivered paper route. The discipline imposed by the job helps shape the young men’s value system preparing them for future responsibility, time and money management, community participation, and ultimately, adulthood.

Directed by Mike Mills

Dimmer is a twelve minute documentary directed by Talmage Cooley which premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Commisioned by the rock bamd Interpol. Dimmer is a glimpse into the life of Mike, a blind teenage boy growing up with a somewhat tough gang of blind teenage friends amid the decaying rust belt neighborhoods and factories of Buffalo, New York. Produced by JACK SPADE films.

Directed by Talmage Cooley

Readymades, I’ve always wanted to have a collection of unique shops. A chess shop, a bookstore, an art gallery, a bodega, a hotel, a hobby shop, a hardware store, and other businesses I find intriguing. I knew I could never create shops better than the ones that already existed so I decided to make what I call commercial readymades. Based on Duchamp’s readymade idea, I would find businesses that were already perfect as they were and simply change their name to JACK SPADE.  I had no interest in operating the business, hiring thd staff, or changing the look and feel of these businesses.  I simply defined them as readymade sculptures operating under the signature JACK SPADE.

The project took only a short period of time and then the business went back to operating under their former names.  The project is now complete.  I had my tiny empire of shops, hotels, restaurants, and bars for a moment.

-Andy Spade

A chess shop, a bookstore, an art gallery, a bodega, a hotel, a hobby shop, a hardware store, and other commercial readymades.

Honesty: A Study, is a collection of photographs, observations and findings stemming from a social study conducted in the Fall of 2000.  One hundred wallets were purposely lost in various neighborhoods throughout New York City.  The contents of each wallet were filled with the personal effects of one of four different characters.  The study’s intent was to observe and document the influence of the character type and neighborhood on rate of return.