Old stacked TVs and a projector displayed super8 and HD clips of SDA senior Jackson Werbelow skating in his own unique style. His skate film display was a part of an art show curated by SDA student, senior Chloe Walecki, at the LUX Art Institute in Encinitas on Friday evening.
“I believe that skateboarding itself is an art because skateboarding is a form of self-expression. Skateboarding has no restrictions and varies from the interpretation of the skateboarder. Like artists, skateboarders are able to differentiate themselves from other skateboarders with their styles,” said Werbelow.
Walecki’s show called “A Weary Time” displayed teenage artwork that the artists themselves don’t recognize as artwork.
Before the show, she talked to the artists about ways to display their work in a way that people would be intrigued and able to understand the artist’s intent and stay interested in the piece.
“I believe that the repetition of each clip playing forward and backwards enforced viewers to look at skateboarding in a different way,” said Werbelow of his art display.
“I decided to only put kids that don’t consider themselves artists at all in my show. I worked with [the artists], and me and my boss would have brainstorm sessions with all of the different artists to give them different artists to look at for inspiration for their work,” said Walecki.
The name of the show was inspired by a quote from Beat poet Charles Bukowski: “What a weary time those years were – to have the desire to live but not the ability.” “It’s about how teens can understand what they have to put forth and what they can do for the world,
but because they’re teenagers and because of high school and their image, they can’t put that forth yet. They want to be adults, and they want to be treated like adults, but they can’t,” said Walecki about the theme of the show.