Museum of Skateboarding

Commissioned by Calvert 22 Gallery

2016

Skateboarding is the method to understand the human body, memory, and consciousness on the one hand and the peculiar Moscow landscape of the post-Soviet residential suburbs on the other. An architectural project gets an unexpected interpretation through sport and related practices.

The project is a collection of photo and video materials, artifacts, and research results looking into skateboarding as a unique method of studying the Moscow cityscape.

In the course of a separate study, the overlapping points between skateboarding and the other areas of human activity (military arts, political science fitness, martial arts) and mental practices are brought to light. Also studied is the secret language of skateboarding - there are objects in the city environment whose purpose can only be understood through skateboarding practices.