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Skate and Escape — Growing up never stopped the push.
Some skateboarding feelings never really leave. Back in the 90s, we skaters were chased by the police, watchmen and so on. I remember my friends and me pushing as fast as we could, always escaping something, laughing, looking back and ahead together with a bold smile, feeling the concrete.
Being a grown-up skater in a business world sometimes feels like a contradiction. Work, the state, taxes, credit, back to the office. This poster is a representation of how I and other senior riders feel when dealing with all those grown-up duties.
Do you feel it too?
This night skate poster is a push through the city, possibly being chased. Deep blue buildings, each one giving an order: BELIEVE, WORK, PAY TAX, PRAY, CREDIT, BACK TO THE OFFICE, 24/7. The only warm light is yellow, and the skater is right in the middle of it.
The nod to John Carpenter’s They Live (1988) is obvious, and on purpose. In the film, a pair of sunglasses reveals the orders hidden behind the billboards: GROW UP, CONSUME, CONFORM. Here the buildings say it out loud.
What are you escaping from?
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