Michael Johansson
Mind the Gap (2010)
Cool boxes, sun chairs, picnic tables, swing, garden equipment, etc.
Dimensions: 0,6 x 3 x 0,35 m.
Installation view: Sølyst Castle Park, Jyderup (DK) – Artist profile.
Toys’r'us (2006)
Mixed Media: dinghy, boat equipment, welded metal frame, spraypaint
Dimensions: 2 x 2,6 m, Scale 1:1.
Installation view: Besökarna, Västra Hamnen, Malmö (S) – Installation video.
More works.
Word to mother
Negative stencils and found objects made up a good show at stolenspace recently. Well, not only this. Photos by the lovable Ala Champfest magazine, get #2 for the artist interview. Video from WTMs wall at Nuart 2006.
Skateboarding in Uganda
These kids from the Uganda Skateboard Union definitely feel asphalt. After building their own structures near Kampala/Uganda “the elder ones use this sport as a means of communication within their community to transmit values as respect and solidarity.” Quote from the ’Kitintale’ folder from Yann Gross. More photos of the spots and skateboarders here. Also go for the videos.
East of the adriatic – photobook
‘East of the adriatic’ is available from 1980 editions for 28,00 €:
“Scott Bourne, well-known skateboarder and writer, welcomes us on board for a balkan road-trip cruising through Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania to Split, Croatia, by the Adriatic sea. The journey to the end of the night, with the rhythm of an old-time sailor song, of an author always seeking for discovery and strangeness. Bertrand Trichet and Sergej Vutuc exhibit their photographs, as if to express the different sensations of a same journey, and give a hand to Lars Grewe, Jaka Babnik and Scott Bourne himself to illustrate the text. Pierre Villanoba, first dancer of the San Francisco Ballet, signs the foreword and Romain Pareja has left his tattoo studio to draw mythologist figures which achieve to make unique this Balkan journal, to the East of the Adriatic.”
Follow this link for some more photos from inside the book.
What if
What if you didn’t have to climb the walls; you woudn’t have to care about security, you had abstract moving 3D objects on walls, in parks and on the streets.
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 formed in late 70s NY. History told by ZY company founder Andy Kessler (R.I.P), Haze, Futura… – some investigative footage and nice graffiks. Shut!
