Dogtown & Z-Boys

  • September 18, 2014 / 19:00
  • September 27, 2014 / 13:00

Stacy Peralta, USA, 2001, 91’,
English with Turkish subtitles

Skateboarding has crossed over into the mainstream population due in large part to the humble beginnings of a group of eight teenagers in an area of Santa Monica called Dogtown. It was there that this mismatched gang of kids from broken homes formed a group known as the Zephyr Team aka Z-Boys. They rode surfboards in the morning and skateboards in the afternoon and created a style all their own. Shunned by more conventional riders, these kids were social outcasts who were able to express themselves with their bodies in fluid motion. Desperate to ride, they used guerrilla tactics such as illegally skating abandoned swimming pools in upscale Los Angeles neighborhoods.

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Style Wars

Style Wars

Everybody Street

Everybody Street

Bomb It

Bomb It

Bomb It 2

Bomb It 2

Exit Through  the Gift Shop

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Dogtown &  Z-Boys

Dogtown & Z-Boys

12 O’Clock Boys

12 O’Clock Boys

Inside Out:  The People’s Art Project

Inside Out: The People’s Art Project

Dark Days

Dark Days

Gunnin’  For That #1 Spot

Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot

Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Beats of Freedom

Beats of Freedom

Who Took the Bomp?<br/>Le Tigre on Tour

Who Took the Bomp?
Le Tigre on Tour

Control

Control

We Can’t  Go Home Again

We Can’t Go Home Again

Don’t Expect Too Much

Don’t Expect Too Much

Trailer

Dogtown & Z-Boys

It’s better to burn out than to fade away

It’s better to burn out than to fade away

In 1962 Philip Corner, one of the most prominent members of the Fluxus movement, caused a great commotion in serious music circles when during a performance entitled Piano Activities he climbed up onto a grand piano and began to kick it while other members of the group attacked it with saws, hammers and all kinds of other implements.

From Cypresses to Turkish Landscapes

From Cypresses to Turkish Landscapes

Among the most interesting themes in the oeuvre of Prassinos are cypresses, trees, and Turkish landscapes. The cypress woods in Üsküdar he saw every time he stepped out on the terrace of their house in İstanbul or the trees in Petits Champs must have been strong images of childhood for Prassinos. 

Mosques in the 18th and 19th Century Paintings

Mosques in the 18th and 19th Century Paintings

In the works of western painters, we encounter mosques as the primary architectural elements that reflect the identity of the city of Istanbul. Often we can recognize the depicted landscape as Istanbul simply from the mosques.