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6 / “Idols Of Vanuatu” T-shirt

29,90€

Based on the sketches, drawings and paintings that inspired Ithaka to produced his art piece series “The Reincarnation of a Surfboard”, now adapted to clothing. A unique and one-and-only art work that, in the words of the artist, “is about giving new life to the discarded. As far as inanimate objects go, a surfboard has one of the most privileged lifestyles of any manufactured item in the world. […] Although they come into existence with a time consuming, messy and laborious birth, once they leave the factory or shop, they have no other purpose to fulfill but to provide aquatic companionship to their adventure-seeking proprietors; ride waves, bask in the sun and travel. […] However, due to the lightness of materials and their fragile nature, an average surfboard’s life expectancy is between three months and three years. And broken or delaminated, with cracked fins or water-logged – they are inevitably retired out of the water and into the back of a garage or into the garbage, lacking even a modest funeral. […] But now, through a series of  resurrection rituals using saws, sandpaper, acrylic paint and ornamentation, these loyal friends of humanity have been brought back to life with new identities and a new purpose; to provide visual diversion. Nothing more, nothing less. These surfboards (now as wall-hanging sculptures) all have stories to tell. Long before they had been cut up and painted upon, they have been to places we haven’t been and seen things we haven’t seen – and done things most of us can only begin to understand.”

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Description

Cloth Line: Akahti Artwear / Garment line #01
Materials: 100% Cotton
Available Sizes: M + L
Year of Fabrication: since 2005
Location: California | USA  +  Cascais | Portugal

History
Based on the sketches, drawings and paintings that inspired Ithaka to produced his art piece series “The Reincarnation of a Surfboard”, now adapted to clothing. A unique and one-and-only art work that, in the words of the artist, “is about giving new life to the discarded. As far as inanimate objects go, a surfboard has one of the most privileged lifestyles of any manufactured item in the world. […] Although they come into existence with a time consuming, messy and laborious birth, once they leave the factory or shop, they have no other purpose to fulfill but to provide aquatic companionship to their adventure-seeking proprietors; ride waves, bask in the sun and travel. […] However, due to the lightness of materials and their fragile nature, an average surfboard’s life expectancy is between three months and three years. And broken or delaminated, with cracked fins or water-logged – they are inevitably retired out of the water and into the back of a garage or into the garbage, lacking even a modest funeral. […] But now, through a series of  resurrection rituals using saws, sandpaper, acrylic paint and ornamentation, these loyal friends of humanity have been brought back to life with new identities and a new purpose; to provide visual diversion. Nothing more, nothing less. These surfboards (now as wall-hanging sculptures) all have stories to tell. Long before they had been cut up and painted upon, they have been to places we haven’t been and seen things we haven’t seen – and done things most of us can only begin to understand.”

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S – Small, M – Medium, L – Large

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