Skateboarding, Space and the City
Architecture and the body
Iain Borden

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Author(s)

Iain Borden

Publication, year

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003

Scope

318 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.

ISBN

1859734936

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As the author demonstrates, street-style skateboarding, especially characteristic of recent decades, conducts a performative critique of architecture, the city and capitalism. Dismissive of authority and convention, skateboarders suggest that the city is not just a place for working and shopping but a true pleasure-ground, a place where the human body, emotions and energy can be expressed to the full.

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Location

Cabinet 28 - 4: Kunst in de openbare ruimte ; wandelen klimmen skaten street art

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment, Walk / stroll / explore / hang out

Remarks

Incl. Bibliographical References