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EACC (Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló) is hosting the first solo exhibition in Spain by the French artist Raphaël Zarka. This site-specific project for the EACC is co-produced with BPS22, Musée d’art de la Province de Hainaut in Charleroi, Belgium.
Born in Montpelier in 1977, and based in Paris, Zarka belongs to a generation of young artists who use found forms as the raw material of their work.
And while the starting point of his work is basically sculptural, he is particularly concerned with art in public spaces and the challenge they pose for artists, rooted in his abiding fascination from a very young age with skateboarding and the whole culture around it. In fact, he has developed this interest in various essays on the history of skateboarding, and on its topography and strategies, and how the experience of skating in different urban sculptures and public areas redefines these places. As such, the artist approaches the practice of skateboarding as a kind of rewriting of spaces conceived for a particular use, to then transfer them to his artistic practice. In this way, he reiterates the same practice that had previously fuelled his interest in abandoned sculptural constructions in order to give them new uses.
By using the concept of “documentary sculptures” with regards his practice, Zarka underscores his desire to voluntarily work with pre-existing forms, which are discovered more than invented. Akin to an archaeologist digging up an object, the artist is concerned not only with what he has found, but also where and how it was found and the history behind it, and he renders his theoretical approach indistinctly across photography, video, sculpture and drawing.
While Zarka’s rethinking of skateboarding is sustained on an ecology of critical and contemporary artistic creation, his interest in reutilisation defines the rendering of his “skateable” sculptures, designed on the basis of scientific objects by the mathematician Arthur Schönflies (1853-1928), little geometrical elements that fit together without leaving empty spaces. Zarka designed these modules by amplifying them to the scale of urban fixtures and thus enabling them to be used by skaters. These corten steel forms, whose angles and planes are perfects for skateboarding, are sculptures in their own right. In consequence, skaters have to adapt to Zarka’s sculptures in the same way as they co-opt the objects they find in the public space, with the scale of the modules being based on the benches used by skaters.
RAPHAËL ZARKA Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló
In the project for EACC the artist transforms the exhibition hall into a hybrid space where skaters and spectators have to establish their own frameworks of cohabitation.
At the same time, the suite of photos Riding Modern Art which illustrates this concept is on show on the upper level of the exhibition hall. These photos, which the artist culled from skateboarding magazines, show various public sculptures used by skaters as ramps, half pipes and so on.
This archive work is basically a work-in-progress begun in 2005 in video format that transformed into a photographic collection from 2007 onwards. Unlike the stance taken by an art historian or critic, here Zarka’s curatorial work is based on a series of images of public sculptures and the use skaters make of them. Renowned sculptors, such as Serra, Deacon, Oteiza and Solano, appear alongside unknown artists or others overlooked by the history of art whose recognition is limited to the local realm. This process also lends emphasis to professional photographers whose images are generally confined to skateboarding publications. Zarka contacts them to propose that they form part of the collection, offering them the same economic conditions as a specialised magazine. Finally, he underscores the strong choreographic quality of the images by registering the figures and forms performed by skaters derived from the geometry of the sculptures, in one way, treating the sculptures almost if they were a music score. Ultimately, in Riding Modern Art Zarka conflates the roles of curator, collector and editor.
Riding Modern Art includes images by : Éric Antoine, Loïc Benoit, Dave Chami, Robert Christ, Jon Coulthard, Ryan Flynn, Gaston Francisco, Matt Georges, Hendrik Herzmann, Nikwen, Tuukka Kaila, Bryce Kanights, Guillaume Langlois, Ludica, Alan Maag, Jonathan Mehring, Ian O'Connor, Patxi Pardinas, Guillaume Périmony, Alberto Polo, Leo Preisinger, Adam Sello, Bertrand Trichet, Seu Trinh, David Turakiewicz, Davy Van Laere, Marcel Veldman, Maxime Verret and Alexis Zavialoff
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Legendary skateboarder Brian Anderson releases
first apparel collection with Nike SB
The collection draws from Brian Anderson’s need for a new size, “large extra”, catering to those who need a little space but don’t want to swim in a boxy cut.
The jersey, Nike Icon Hoodie, Nike Shield Coaches jacket and sunglasses are rounded out by a pair of bright yellow Nike SB Bruin Hyperfeel and will be available online and at selected retailers from 19th January
To celebrate the collaboration, Brian Anderson and fellow Nike SB team rider Nick Jensen will hold an art show hosted at Civilist skate store Berlin Monday 16th at 6pm
Civilist
Brunnenstraße 13
10119 Berlin
Sneak peek the Nike SB x BA collection – NikeSB.com
Shop the entire Nike SB Brian Anderson collection
from 19th January – NikeSB.com
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¡Esta Navidad, Skate Agora Camps!
Las semanas del lunes 27 al viernes 30 de diciembre, y del lunes 2 al jueves 5 de enero. Disfruta del skate y aprende con los mejores Pro riders nacionales e internacionales.
Deporte, educación y diversión. Skate Agora Camps combinan actividades lúdicas, formativas y deportivas en un skatepark único junto al mar.
El horarios de los Skate Agora Camps será de 9.30h a 14.00h. Contamos también con servicio de transporte extra desde Plaza de Cataluña en Barcelona.
• 1 día: 35 €
• 4 días: 120 €
• Pack 2 semanas (8 días): 200 €
¿Qué incluyen Skate Agora Camps?
• Clases de skate con riders profesionales (street y rampa)
• Uso del material deportivo (casco, protecciones y skate)
• Clases de video corrección
• Sesión de fotos / vídeo
• Clases de skate en inglés
• Riders profesionales invitados
• Zona relax, con vídeos y revistas
• Aguas y bebidas
• Seguro de Accidentes y de Responsabilidad Civil
• Pack de bienvenida Skate Agora Academy
Las actividades variaran según los diferentes días.
Abierto a todos los niveles, desde iniciación a tecnificación avanzada.
Más información:
academy@skateagora.com
Skate Agora Academy: 626 562 534 / 933 848 415
Horario de atención: Lunes a viernes de 9AM a 7PM
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Finally Eric Koston´s & Guy Mariano´s new board company were officially announced yesterday at "12:45". The team looks dope with Rodrigo TX, Miles Silvas, Antonio Durao alongside Eric and Mariano
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Octavio Barrera→ Exploring Materials
A short film by @danimillan feat. @rvcaskate advocate @octaviobarrera, supported by RVCA.
About how skateboarding & travelling come as the perfect mix for creation.
Dive into a 5-day exploration from Barcelona to the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, in search of inspiration & time-off from the city rush and daily routine.
And join Octavio & crew for the release of their latest creative exploration content, including an exhibition of limited edition hand-painted prints
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To kick off the very new miniramp, next Saturday December 3rd Skate Agora will be hosting the first edition of California Skateparks Miniramp Series -Vol.I
Check it out and join the BestTrick Contest open to all levels. Santa Cruz, Independent, OJ Wheels and Nike SB will collaborate with the prizes and spicy-up the contest!
Skate Agora Catina will offer ´Happy Hour´on drinks from 12 to 14 PM, and Skate Agora Shop will carry on with Black Friday promotions starting this upcoming Friday onto an entire Black Week tIll Sunday December 4th.
The contest will run between 12 - 14 PM.
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The union of Siete Puertas forces and Tangram Wheel Co. has resulted in a limited edition of skateboards.
The protagonists of the series are Octavio Barrera, Carlos Cardeñosa and Dani Millan and their corresponding models are illustrated with an analogical photograph that tries to reflect their personality. To celebrate its launch they have organized an exhibition in which the boards can be seen, in addition to the original photographs and many others shot by these three Canarian skaters.
The appointment will be next Saturday, November 19 at 18:00 in the FTC Barcelona store.
Carrer Notariat 5. Barcelona.
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Evan Smith took a cosmic approach to creating this new video showcasing the new colorways of his signature shoe. Check it out and see what happens when one of skateboarding’s most creative takes the reigns of the edit process.
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¿Quieres que un filmer profesional grabe tus trucos en Skate Agora?
Simplemente ven a patinar, pásate por Skate Agora Shop los jueves de 18h a 20h, Enrique Mayor grabará tus trucos y te los enviarán.
Do you wish a professional videographer to film your tricks in Skate Agora?
Just come to skate, stop by Agora Skate Shop on Thursdays from 18h to 20h, Enrique Mayor will film your tricks and they will send them to you.
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To celebrate AL CARRER Skate Shop first anniversary alongside FEEL SKATEBOARDING present the JAM BANKS 08003.
Everyone invited to skate around the neighborhood on Saturday 1st of October, starting from Arco de Triunfo and through the streets ending up to Barceloneta banks.
An afternoon skating for fun, with drinks, food and give away product.
To conclude the evening will be premiered the exclusive new video by Colin Read, the anticipated "Spirit Quest".
Date: October 1st, 2016
15: 00hrs - Meeting in AL CARRER Skate Shop
19:00 - Premiere "Spirit Quest" Colin Read
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RVCA presented its European ANP show, ADVANCE, on September 7, 2016, at Darwin - Bordeaux, featuring the works of Ed Templeton, Andrea Do Souto, Ben Horton, Benjamin Jeanjean, Jerome Romain and Kevin Long.
In the presence of all artists except Long, over 350 people attended the launch event and they are already very honored to count thousands of visitors since the kick-off, thanks to the Ocean Climax festival that brought over 25000 visitors to the Darwin location between Sep. 8 and 11.
With a mix of photography, paintings and illustrations from the ANP Collective, this first edition of what is already planned to become an annual Art show, enabled artists and amateurs to come together at one of France’s most fashionable locations and enjoy an authentic gathering of the community. The show runs till Sep. 28, 2016.
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Find on the image below details of the Emerica latest video "Made" chapter two premiere in Barcelona! Attending the event team members Figgy, Spanky, Collin Provost, Jon Dickson, Eniz Fazliov, Rob Maatman plus a special guest!
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Stay tuned for the latest Emerica video premiering in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Barcelona!
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Dope welcome edit featuring Yaje Popson and Darius King to Brixton, check it out!
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RVCA presents ADVANCE, a contemporary art show by the #ANP collective (Artist Network program), from September 7 to 28 at Darwin Ecosystem in Bordeaux, France.
Featuring the works of Ed Templeton, Ben Horton, Benjamin Jeanjean, Jerome Romain, Kevin « Spanky » Long and Andrea Do Souto, we are proud to welcome fans and art lovers at one of France’s most renowned creative venues where artists have been setting new heights of creativity since 2005 and the closing of the historic military headquarters of Caserne Niel.
With a mix of photography and paintings setup in an industrial-like raw location inside the inspiring Darwin Ecosystem, ADVANCE is expecting thousands of crowds to come and discover the creativity of #ANP artists, leveraging the Ocean Climax Music & Art festival happening Sep. 8 to 11; a great platform elevating skate, art, music & culture.
Headlined by Skateboarding Hall of Fame member and globally renowned artist Ed Templeton, and featuring another five members of the #ANP collective, ADVANCE is meant to give echo to the brand’s foundational pillar of art, RVCA being a platform of expression for artists since its very birth fifteen years ago, from the mind of founder PM Tenore.
Allowing uprising artists to gather around subculture spearhead Ed Templeton will allow for crowds to discover and enjoy three weeks of exhibition featuring a variety of creative visions, for a full expression of our roots.
ADVANCE is presented by RVCA and the ANP (Artist Network program), in association with Darwin Ecosystem, Nova Radio, Darwin Ocean Climax festival and managed by the agency Les Sauvages.
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From Bordeaux, France all the way down to Bilbao, Spain and stopping over in Hossegor and San Sebastian on the way down…
From September 7 to 14, with one big event at Le Hangar – Darwin in Bordeaux on Sep. 9… and smaller nonetheless intense sessions at each stop…
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ONE STAR PRO 90’S
Welcome to the new Converse Cons bi-monthly Spain newsletter. Containing everything you need to know, from up and coming products and events to ambassador interviews and just about everything in between. As this is the first of our newsletters we wanted to make this one extra special. That being said, Below you will find a quick Octavio Barrera Interview, along with a great ambassador gallery, enjoy!
OCTAVIO BARRERA
Converse Cons One Star was first launched in 1974 as a shoe adapted for basketball. Until 90's decade were not popular in the skateboarding scene by Spike Jonze as seen in the epic Guy Mariano video part "Mouse" Girl/Chocolate movie, there were even ads with him.
What were the videos or sections that influenced you the most from the 90´s? What skaters?
Photo by Sam Ashley
They are videos that I've seen later, I belong to the 2000's but some parts that are amazing and I think a lot of skating today revolves around them are: Mike Carrol on The Questionable video (Plan B) or Underachievers video of Eastern Exposure 3 (Dan Wolfe) Ricky Oyola switch ollie bs shifty in the middle of a line.
Did you start to skate in this decade or 2000´s?
I belong to the 2000's, actually I started to skate in that precise year. I was born in 1990 and at ten years old got my first own skateboard.
Skateboarders are often quite conservative in what refers to the material. Few innovations and are opting for simple and iconic models from the past, classics. What do you rather to skate with? Classic models or you are open to try new innovations that a company like Converse Cons could provide?
It depends, there are factors involved in these elections. Aesthetically: I really like classic models from Converse Cons like One Star, but for instance if I would skate every day in a plaza possibly would wear Chuck Taylors. As current favorite model I choose the Break Point, they feel as a glove on your feet, perfect from day one.
In the 90's the legendary skater Francis Barrera was the only or among the really few ones who could land McTwist in Spain. At a time when there was no internet and media were so limited to even imagine a career as a skateboarder. Is he your cousin or relative? Did you start to skate with him? In what way influenced you at the beginning? Did he help you out to open some doors?
I always say that I would have loved to witness his best years of skating. It had to be amazing, coming to a contest and see Francis with hair colored flying above the coping by a couple of meters high! I would pay to see a contest from that time. Also nowadays when he shows up by "El Refugio" skatepark where we skate in Las Palmas, he is mindblowing, just so gifted!
Francis is my second cousin, but he plays a bigger roll! When I started to ride he took me to the skatepark and helped me a lot to understand how it worked, showing respect to the older dudes etc .., without him I would have had probably a couple of injures hahaha. Also he helped me out to meet up with the skateboarding scene in Canary Islands as he is a legend anywhere you go!
Nosepick → Photo by Sam Ashley
Do you remember some Converse skate team members from the 90's? What was your favorite skater of that team? Is Kenny Anderson the only member remaining nowadays?
I do not remember to be honest, but surely would have chosen Kenny Anderson, to me he is a gifted skater, details that makes the different and that´s for me a skater!
Recently it has been confirmed skateboarding as a Olympic sport in 2020. What´s your opinion about?
As usual! Everything is skateboarding hahaha, really? Even though they are a thousand factors that affect this confirmation. I think it has its good and bad as everything else. Although as personal opinion I think that skateboarding is more than a sport, it is a culture, street art, a way of being, living, dressing ... but since a few years ago skateboarding has been taking as a more serious profession than just hanging out with your friends to explore the streets, film everything around it and freeze those moments. Today it is very different. As good side would say it will reflect even more riders going into that direction of those seeking another kind of fun;), there will be more money and subsidies for skateboarding equals more parks, more aids etc ..., but I can not imagine a busted gang of skaters into a high performance center having breakfast alongside with Olympic shooting team hahaha
In the 90's trends, styles were more underground and genuine. Skateboarding began to trend-but in an alternative or smaller group. Do you prefer it so? Or do you prefer it to be more open as nowadays where skate trends are quickly adopted by the rest and vice versa?
360 Flip → Photo by Sam Ashely
I rather preferred it that way. Also in the 2000's we experienced what you mentioned. Back in the days when I started to go traveling to skateboarding around 2003-04, possibly we were like 2-4 people in the Canary Islands doing the same thing (Orlando Acosta, Pali Negrin, Jose de La Rosa, Miguel Castro ...) some others probably! You'd go to contests and everyone knew each other as a little family. I remember the first trips to Bilbao with Alai Skateboards. When I mentioned in high school they looked at me weird. It had to go my grandmother or my parents to ask permission as it was something important blablabla. Nowadays it is much more usual.
Skateboarding as everything else has been affected by new technologies. Before it seemed most intriguing, an uncertainty that today's kids are not going to experience unless they all agree to through away their phones (that's not going to happen, right?) Hahaha, If you knew that someone was filming for a video part, you would get so hype like: wow what is he filming... and that would get you motivated. As today just a click away from get to see everything is going on around the world hahaha so you just try to adapt without affecting your principles.
Often skateboarding goes in circles, trends and fashions come and go to return. Lately young guys use rails under the board and they dress kind of like in the early 90's. Do you think this recycling will occur with other trends of the 90's? Can you picture yourself skating with larger shoes and baggy clothes? What trends from the 90´s can resurface?
These tendentious circles affects it all, not just to skateboarding. But indeed, it is true that you go to skate nowadays to a spot and it seems that there´s a mandatory uniform (no need for description) hahaha but this is also cool because you realize how powerful it is a board with four wheels. Its more than just a sport, it is a culture, then you fully realize. Trends come and go sometimes others are just adaptations..., so maybe now we are just going through a "neo-ninetees" style but a little vagabond with IPHONE hahaha! cool! That's life. Cycles and cycles. I guess for previous generations to mine we were the rare ones for wearing skinny jeans and striped t-shirts, right?
Is there anything you miss from the 90's? Something remarkable from that time?
From the 2000's decade which is what I experienced, I miss many things ... like I said before has been lost a bit of the essence that surrounds this culture, but maybe it is just nostalgic hahaha you must live in the present. Adapt the best you can and try to be faithful to principles. That maybe are coming more from the 90 ´s or 2000s or 2010's who knows…
Photography by Sam Ashley
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As skateboarders, hometown pride is undeniable. The spots you grow up skating, your crew, the scene. These things shape not just your skating, but the person you become and the memories that stick with you. For Davis Torgerson the hometown is Minneapolis, Minnesota and the memories are countless. From the curbs he grew up skating, to Familia Skateshop, Davis always welcomes the opportunity to visit home, recharge, and escape the hustle of life in Los Angeles. Buy the ticket and ride as Davis takes us back to the place where it all started.The place he calls home.
The 'Defined By' lookbook series takes a glimpse into DC's diverse personalities by capturing them doing whatever it is they love while wearing only whatever it is they love.
The third day of CPH OPEN madness got everyone down to the canal for some serious early afternoon wake up.
The Christian IV’s Bro triple set is no joke, sitting on the edge of the canal there are more hazards in this make than there are cobble stones in the run up. With an excess of 50+ meters of sprint needed to get enough speed to clear the 2 flat 2 flat 4, skaters had to contend with drain covers, cracks, stones, bikes and a 300 strong crowd that is more reminiscent of the final stages of the Tour de France before they even get to stair set. The short landing right on the canal edge meant that even if you caught a trick there was no guarantee that you weren’t going swimming. The perfect combination for a good session and a treat for skaters and river cruises that we blessed to see Youness Amrani’s bangging hard flip, an over stoked front shuv from Gabriel Fortunato and a switch heel from Neverton Casella. TJ Rogers gets a shout for an unreal switch front 360 ollie that was outside the allotted time.
1.Neverton Casella 2.Hermann Stene 3.Alexander Risvad
4.Youness Amrani 5.Gabriel Fortunato
Being on the canal the transport to the next spot was via the ‘champagne love boats’, 2 river barges thumping out music and packed full of the best skaters in the world. A 30 min journey to an abandoned warehouse set up with 2 simple ledges on a loading bay and some of the best ledge crushers in the biz.
The session was an exercise of head messing wizardry with TJ taking a nollie crook to fakie and switch bigspin heel flip in the line only to be nudged into 2nd spot by a super consistent Luan who was knocking out back to back lines - Switch back 5.0 180 to switch kick flip nose grind and Back tail fakie, fakie hard flip to fakie tail slide.
1.Luan Oliveira 2.TJ Rogers 3.Sewa Kroetkov 4.Sean Malto 5.JP Souza
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