Watch TrustoCorp Transform an Abandoned Theme Park
March 19, 2013 | Andy Cush
“Welcome to TrustoLand.” For the latest issue of Mass Appeal, the good people of TrustoCorp headed to an abandoned theme park somewhere “between Barstow, CA and Las Vegas, NV” and did their thing. The deed was captured mostly in still images rather than video, so the final product is a bit jerky, but it’s worth watching nonetheless: soundtracked by the Circle Jerks, TrustoCorp stencil, wheatpaste, and bomb their glorious way through the park.
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