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THE ART OF ROLLER SKATING
THE ART OF ROLLER SKATING.
As a teenager I was a competitive artistic roller skater, and for a number of years my personal project has focused on Female Champion Artistic Roller Skaters, a project naturally inspired by my own love of the sport. The idea of taking the portraits of the skaters at home came from my own experiences as a teen skater, where my proud parents took photos of me poised in my skates with trophies clasped in hand. These documented moments marked a truly important chapter in my teenage life and one that I feel can now be celebrated further for the girls in this project.
My objective was to showcase this often forgotten sport with an original eye. Sadly, Artistic Roller Skating is often overshadowed by ice skating.
I wanted to demonstrate a visual contrast by removing them from the ‘show’ of the rink and instead using the background of a domestic, intimate situation, reminiscent of my own.
Location: Great Yarmouth.
Published online @glorioussport and @creativeboom
Exhibitions: 2022-2024
PRIMEYARC, Art Space, Market Gates, Gt Yarmouth.
MUSEUM OF YOUTH CULTURE. Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross, London.
2024, tbc, a touring exhibition.
As a teenager I was a competitive artistic roller skater, and for a number of years my personal project has focused on Female Champion Artistic Roller Skaters, a project naturally inspired by my own love of the sport. The idea of taking the portraits of the skaters at home came from my own experiences as a teen skater, where my proud parents took photos of me poised in my skates with trophies clasped in hand. These documented moments marked a truly important chapter in my teenage life and one that I feel can now be celebrated further for the girls in this project.
My objective was to showcase this often forgotten sport with an original eye. Sadly, Artistic Roller Skating is often overshadowed by ice skating.
I wanted to demonstrate a visual contrast by removing them from the ‘show’ of the rink and instead using the background of a domestic, intimate situation, reminiscent of my own.
Location: Great Yarmouth.
Published online @glorioussport and @creativeboom
Exhibitions: 2022-2024
PRIMEYARC, Art Space, Market Gates, Gt Yarmouth.
MUSEUM OF YOUTH CULTURE. Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross, London.
2024, tbc, a touring exhibition.
