They say adapt or die, so in light of these strange times and the social distancing at play, we’ll be taking our latest exhibition to the streets. From June 16 to July 16 the Canggu’s infamous shortcut will be transformed into an art space courtesy of The Slow and Wild&Wolf. The guerrilla gallery will play host to public art exhibition Flow Through Space, which will showcase Amir Zaki’s iconic skatepark photographs across 18 billboards.
“We’ve decided to take a guerilla-style approach to the exhibition,” explains The Slow founder George Gorrow. “We’ll be virtually bombing 18 billboards across one short strip of road. Each piece from Flow through Space will be available for the community to view from the front seat of their motorbike or car.”
A nod to the current global sentiment, the installation is a Dystopian photographic series of empty skateparks in Southern California, a hub of surfing and skating culture that mirrors that of Canggu and speaks directly to the region’s progressive creative scene.
This is a visual project envisioned by the community, for the community. “All the billboards were owned by local businesses so we approached them with the idea,” says Gorrow. The exhibition wouldn’t have been possible without the involvement of fellow local businesses including The Lawn, Tropicola, Mexicola, Da Maria, Luigi’s, Cafe Del Mar, Spring Spa, Salvador, Deus, Tatu Tatu Ink Club, Ulu Cliffhouse, Lost City and La Brisa.
Flow Through Space will be hosted across the Canggu shortcut from June 16 to July 16, 2020.