This work by Charlotte Prodger features youtube videos made by and for trainer geeks. These videos record the fetishistic pleasure enthusiasts take in ruining pristine pairs.
I have always found trainer afficionados totally weird and Charlotte Prodger's piece only confirms my gut feeling. The work reminds me of being at school with talk about Nike Huaraches and those gross toe trainers. (The phase of New Era hats with tags kept on was also pretty amazing, the logic being that when the tag got scruffy it was time for a new hat.)
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| Desert sign/psychic hand, 2010 [c/o www.gsamfa.com] |
This last image is also Charlotte Prodger from a different work.
Look out for Prodger's 'I was Confused About the Dancefloor Code' about her friend's experience at Berlin super club Berghain.
For Londoners, she has an exhibition coming up at Studio Voltaire.
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