Skateboarding

The practice of writing-whether it was to contextualize their own work, or that of their peers through analytical and critical writing-became an increasingly common practice among artists during the 1960’s. This was perhaps a consequence of the sudden increase in accessibility of university education and graduate degrees in fine arts in the mid 20th century. One such writer-artist was Dan Graham, who consistently published various written works related to his artistic production over more than…

Imagine a world where you cannot control your body movement. You cannot express yourself with gestures and you cannot move your hand to grab that last chip in the Pringles container. You have no control of your own body. This is what the world would be like without movement. It would almost be equivalent to being a robot. Someone else controls you, but you have no mental capacity to do it on your own. This would be a very boring and uneventful life. Movement is a very important thing to me. I…

Shepard Fairey has been subtly demanding obedience for decades. Unconscious stares meet the face of his ubiquitous image of the late professional wrestler Andre the Giant in the streets of nearly every major city worldwide. Stickered haphazardly onto street signs, plastered to overpasses and billboards, the graphic, propaganda-esque portrait of Andre stares through dark black eyes, silently commanding “OBEY.” Or is the command to dis-obey? Such are the sardonic messages behind much of street…

Surfing has grown exponentially over the past several decades and with it surf brands have exploded and surfing has become considerably more marketable. However, at one point in time, this did not seem like it would ever be possible. In the 1960’s there was a vast expansion of surf culture, but before that surfing was not seen as a popular activity. The counter-culture ways that were associated with the sport created a view that surfers were slackers and druggies as their time was largely spent…