The starting point for the work is the book "Skateboarding, Space and the City" by Iain Borden.
This is the first detailed investigation of the urban phenomenon of skating. Street skating is described here as an executed criticism of architecture, city and capitalism.

For the exhibition, parts of the book are translated from English into German. The presentation takes place on a "Picnic Table", a sculpture taken from public space, which is frequently used by skaters.

Silke Wagner
born 1968, lives and works in Frankfurt

Exhibitions (selected)
2001 "Volxhochschule", Salzburger Kunstverein
      "Plug-In. Einheit und Mobilität", Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster
      "Arbeit Essen Angst", Kokerei Zollverein | Zeitgenössische Kunst und Kritik, Essen
      "Frankfurter Positionen", Frankfurt a.M.
2002 "NEW OLD WORKS (THEME), Kunstverein Heilbronn
      "Der globale Komplex", Grazer Kunstverein
      "Zusammenhänge herstellen", Kunstverein in Hamburg
      "in capital letters", Kunsthalle Basel
2003 "Streik", Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
      "Niemand ist eine Insel", Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst und Lichthaus Plus Neue Kunst, Bremen