Reading Juxtapose as usual... (May 2007)
It seems there has been an insurgance of skateboarders who are artists these days, or maybe always but now they are getting the credit they deserve. The article that caught my eye was about Mark Gonzales who is a legendary skateboarder and also a film maker. I love his use of the medium as a message. His last video which was a skate video was filmed on VHS and only released on VHS. This I think is a proprietary message, a kind of f.u. to those who are dvd nazis and will only buy things on dvd. His next video is a futuristic skate video with a cat-tailed skateboarder and all indoor ramps with a set design of a city which he calls "Punt". The whole article is him describing the city and the characters that inhabit it. The idea of making a skate video wth a coherent storyline is very much an idea of the future, and I support him! He may bring skateboarding videos to a whole new level, and there is a distinct possibility that he will reach an audience much larger that just skateboarders with it.
It seems there has been an insurgance of skateboarders who are artists these days, or maybe always but now they are getting the credit they deserve. The article that caught my eye was about Mark Gonzales who is a legendary skateboarder and also a film maker. I love his use of the medium as a message. His last video which was a skate video was filmed on VHS and only released on VHS. This I think is a proprietary message, a kind of f.u. to those who are dvd nazis and will only buy things on dvd. His next video is a futuristic skate video with a cat-tailed skateboarder and all indoor ramps with a set design of a city which he calls "Punt". The whole article is him describing the city and the characters that inhabit it. The idea of making a skate video wth a coherent storyline is very much an idea of the future, and I support him! He may bring skateboarding videos to a whole new level, and there is a distinct possibility that he will reach an audience much larger that just skateboarders with it.
posted by students at 4:20 PM
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I looked Mark Gonzales up and was really impressed with what I found. "The Gonz" also has a clothing line in Japan called "Gonzo Cuntry" and it seems like a lot of celebs are really big fans of his artwork, whatever that means. Guess he's very "in" right now ha. It's interesting/frustrating that he only makes his videos on VHS. I kind of think it's a silly statement but hey whatever floats his boat.
I looked Mark Gonzales up and was really impressed with what I found. "The Gonz" also has a clothing line in Japan called "Gonzo Cuntry" and it seems like a lot of celebs are really big fans of his artwork, whatever that means. Guess he's very "in" right now ha. It's interesting/frustrating that he only makes his videos on VHS. I kind of think it's a silly statement but hey whatever floats his boat.
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