The soul artists of Zoo York
From the documentary “Deathbowl to downtown” featuring the Soul artist of Zoo York – the crew of skateboarders and writers in late 70s NY. History told by ZY company founder Andy Kessler (R.I.P), Haze, Futura… – some investigative footage and nice graffiks. Shut!
Reclaiming the streets
Reclaiming the Streets
June 13 – July 25
Rot(t)terdam, Meent 119-133
In the past month students, artists, skateboarders and designers from around the world have submitted more than 80 concepts for the ‘Reclaiming the Street’ competition. MAMA invited ideas and designs for an object or an adaptation to the urban public realm in order to allow skateboarders and others to playfully make use of public space.
Visit Showroom Mama for further info and to see the winning submissions soon.
The skatepark in Helsinki is a good example of an official playground which still has a nice atmosphere.
Old school
Christian Hosoi, Lester Kasai, Mike McGill…photo by Mimi Knoop, besides skating she’s busy with painting.
Have you seen him
In the search for Animal Haroshi. He makes sculptures from sliced skateboard decks.
Every surface becomes a dancefloor
Watch how it felt to ride a skateboard before the ollie had been invented. Two vintage skateboard videos collected from wooster. The one below is 30 years later. Old school – new school.
PUSH – art show & auction
Some images from last years PUSH auction held to raise money for the Division Street Skatepark in Bend / Oregon. And some of this year’s boards. Next time please open the auction for online biddings to gain more momentum.
