Alexis Sablone Presents Skatespace Underexplored Terrain | THE WORLD AROUND SUMMIT 2024
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- The World Around & The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum present THE WORLD AROUND SUMMIT 2024.
Alexis Sablone might be an Olympic skateboarder, but they are first and foremost a designer and artist. After high school, Sablone enrolled at Columbia’s Barnard College, then trained as an architect at MIT.
Since then, the seven-time X Games medalist has carved out a career that draws on both of their obsessions. Each an experiment in how urban design can strengthen the social fabric of our cities, their large-scale, useable (and skateable) sculptures are designed to encourage the creative ‘misuse’ of public spaces, and invite a wide, ever-expanding spectrum of communities to share their stewardship. To date, their projects have revitalised a public square in Malmö, Sweden, brought permanence and color to courts in Montclair, New Jersey, and allowed skaters and non-skaters alike to spend time on the waterfront in Lisbon, Portugal.
Through their practice, Sablone aims to create spaces for a dialogue that cuts across the differences of age, race and gender. “I am continually surprised and inspired to learn how different people think about the world and the projects they pursue as a result,” they said. “Talking and sharing ideas can only lead to new ways of thinking and practicing. So, for me, an event like this is an opportunity to be a part of architectural discourse, to engage, learn, and remain curious.”
Program for the full event available to download at theworldaround.com/program/
This presentation has been edited and was part of THE WORLD AROUND SUMMIT 2024, presented by The World Around and the Guggenheim Museum in New York on Saturday, May, 11 2024. The event was hosted in partnership with The World Around Global Cultural Partner Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.
To find out more about The World Around's programming or to get in touch, visit www.theworldaround.com
Alexis you killed it good job on maintaining The skater-centric narrative while holding on to the design jargon presentation you our one of our greatest hero’s.
Nailed it Alexis !! Thanks for your articulation ❤
amazing and very, very interesting. alexis smashing it!
So rad! Thank you for speaking for us, Alexis 🙌🏼
this was 1000 times more interesting than Micki Papa's ted talk
Beautiful 🛹❤
This is an amazing presentation!! As a fellow skater + architect it's great to see someone who can orate our feelings and experiences so well. I'm working on my thesis, which is based around creating skate environments that are more welcoming to women and minority communities, and I will definitely be coming back to your work as reference. Thanks for the inspiration!
Pushing the sport he'll yea!
Amazing!
Very cool presentation. Awesome bits throughout and some beautiful observation, history, and thinking here. Thanks Alexis!
Great work and presentation Alexis! "Skaters have cared more about the urban landscape than most people could ever imagine" - amazing words...
17:05 this „Lady in the Square“ picture looks so awesome! I want that as a wallpaper 😍
Thanks Alexis, skateboarding loves you! 🫶
Great presentation Alexis! Really love that Lisbon design. Art, form, function, f yeah.
So cool
Very interesting piece! I remember thinking about architecture and how it relates to skating back in the 90s. I thought it was only a matter of time before people, more intelligent than I, would expound upon this and hopefully create new and interesting things to skate.
By far, the most viewed video on this site. That alone should send a message. Congrats Alexis.
"Hey Mombo"!!!
wonderful horrible life, one of the best
Perfectly said, thank you Alexis!
"For skaters, the streets really become a second home" Beautifully spoken Alexis. Shoutout PJ Ladd's Wonderful Horrible Life. Thx for this guys.
Amazing and inspiring!
Legend
Respect 🙏🏽so stoked off this talk
Southside Richmond Represent 💜🙌🏽
Awesome! Thanks
i also did my thesis combining my love of skateboarding/public space when i was studying/living in copenhagen. i never thought i was the only one, since Iain Borden is the first to write academically about the relationship between skateboarding/skateboarders and built environment, but this was a heart-warming and well-articulated presentation - and I would love to see more of Alexis' drawings from her own work as an architect (if she or others want to share!). a fantastic skateboarder and now I see also, a good thinker (and more thorough than me!) big up A.S! 🤍🤌🏽
I also want to say RIP to my friend and mentor Søren Enevoldsen, who contributed to the work in Malmö.
She’s rad.
so awesome Alexis!
Whenever I hear her name or see her I think of the primal guttural scream she lets out in the beginning of her part in Wonderful Horrible Life. It’s one of the most iconic authentic things for me in my 25 years of skating.
The homie
The Harold Hunter ollie at the Banks pic was nice
This was beautiful. I wept to your sentiments.
well done ! awesome subject
This is inspiring and really made me feel something, my grandfather was a construction company owner, he built a lot of building in LA. Los Angeles and there is a spot in a lot of old skateboard videos it’s a ledge on the back of a building a loading dock, that has yellow on the ledges people skate, my grandfather built it with his hands. 🙌
He built a bridge in La that is torn down now, and it was in a lot of movies and pictures even skateboarding films. 🎥 was in east Los Angeles
Great Presentation! Very inspiring :)
this is really true and alexis is a sick skateboarder too. one of my favorite things about being a skateboarder is how you're constantly reading the world around you through the skateboarding lens. the most monotonous space is interesting. ask any skater and they'll say the same! really cool to see this video thanks alexis and thanks to the channel for posting.
I love this
Cool
Good job girl
God damn I love this so much. Also Frank Natiello in the 1993 411 Industry Section (on the other side)
The greatest
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cyrus bennet mention on the list ☹☹
its crazy how different the park looks today. worked so hard to get it built and kids destroyed it in months
what park are you referring to?
@@joeytuzz Montclair, NJ (thumbnail photo) Alexis designed it recently
It was meant to be used.
@@arnisador8600 used, but not abused. I am there everyday maintaining the place since no one likes to respect the space.
Destroyed how? Like trash and graffiti? Or actual structural damage
Cool seeing all the parks designed to look cool to people that don’t skate rather than being enjoyable for the average person
you'll understand when you turn 16 and learn how to skate a few more obstacles
Figure it out. Find the line.
As a bmx rider we sometimes get jealous of the skate industry but man I’m so glad nobody’s on stage explaining bmx like this 😂
Lolll Ikwym. But I do really respect her creativity in designing different obstacles to skate
Goof for sure... i think her spots look different ... hopefully she creates more function and seamlessness into her design preservice... they defiantly look unfavorable in many ways... namely i think she needs to get some more space, smoother transitions, longer features, work with more materials, and shape them into the area like a skate bowl looks good because it is shaped all down together like a cup... one thing all designers miss in there work is actually accepting feedback and serviceability before they implement construction...this is mostly do to that spaces are rarely convented as a whole and undergo constant pressure from population growth, crushing budgets, and unsustainability.
personal no design is doing what it could... im glad that she kind of starts that conversation by talking about how people who are skateboarders look for different obstacles.
I kind of like the idea of creating plaza style skateable shapes and forms that are architecturally useful and visually interesting for everyone, perhaps a different approach and challenge to get creative with. Feels more like exploring the city and being part of it, then I can go back to normal skatepark made specifically for skateboarders if needed.
Abstract design will better your approach to creativity and board control