Zines
Stickers are innately temporal ephemera. In public spaces, they are either forcibly removed by an agitated party or patina and peel from exposure to the elements.
When adhered to private objects, they sruvive as long as it is possessed.
Some stickers embody so much reverence they are preserved in their backing sheets, stored, and in some cases even cataloged. This constructs the Sticker Collection.
These stickers were gathered from the personal troves of some of Hawaii’s most respected skateboarders, exhibiting a brief history of the underground culture from which they spawned.
Slaps
Spalding House, Summer 2016
color photocopy with screen-printed bootleg museum entrance stickers
Where’s That?
Street Skateboarding is a direct physical interaction with the tectonic nature of a city. Skaters navigate the paved landscape with a heightened awareness of architecture; any civil element can provide a surface for kinetic creativity. A simple staircase, ledge, or contour is eternalized by the performer and his/her trick. Some places are revered more than others. These are called spots.
Some societies receive this appropriation of public space more affectionately than others. Skateboarding is precarious by nature. Skateboarders constantly destroy and heal their bodies. The detrimental effect of a skateboard on the environment is debated and misunderstood. Acceptance of spots vary according to culture and institution.
Regardless of a spot’s convenience Skaters live by their own order and continue to challenge and glorify the urban domain.