Community Disturbance Project - “this is a sculpture”

Community Disturbance Project - “this is a sculpture,” was built with the idea to highlight the underground skate community and play with the idea that skateboarding is destructive and a nuisance. I saw happiness and gathering. This is the first halfpipe to my knowledge that is portable and can fit through any regular door, allowing it to pop-up anywhere at any time to create community. Its first location was the SUNY New Paltz farmers market and it received an abundance of support from all of the stands and received applause when the box got escorted out of the market. This unfolded in the market unknowingly to anyone.

The pedestal and white cube relate to the traditional notion of high art and what is deemed as successful art. This project is intended to be a mobile white cube that is unfolded into a skate ramp and plays with the idea of what is art. The exterior of the cube becomes the interior of the ramp. When the cube is reassembled, the mark of the community “destruction” decorated the cube. In the act of engaging with the sculpture the white cube is destroyed and any idea of what art should be.

Community Disturbance Project - “this is a sculpture”

2021

Wood, Steel, Skateboards

48” x 36” x 72”

240” x 72” x 48”