{"id":1355,"date":"2017-06-26T21:46:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T21:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/dew-tour-sculpture-garden-and-lightwave-technology-encompass-the-art-of-skateboarding\/"},"modified":"2017-06-26T21:46:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T21:46:50","slug":"dew-tour-sculpture-garden-and-lightwave-technology-encompass-the-art-of-skateboarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/dew-tour-sculpture-garden-and-lightwave-technology-encompass-the-art-of-skateboarding","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Dew Tour Skateable Sculptures Moved to Silverado Skatepark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Photos courtesy of Brian Harper\/CA Rampworks.<\/em><\/p>\n

UPDATE |<\/strong> On Thursday, artist Steve Harrington\u2019s Skateable Sculptures were moved from their original site at the public skate course at the Dew Tour to Silverado Skatepark in Long Beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never done anything close to this,\u201d said Harrington in an interview with Dew Tour. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s unique because it\u2019s really designed to be experienced moving through. When you\u2019re skateboarding you\u2019re truly experiencing your surroundings and this project was really about enhancing that environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The snake and open-mouth sculpture certainly brighten up the park, and present new obstacles for skatepark goers to try out.<\/p>\n

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PREVIOUSLY: Dew Tour Sculpture Garden and Lightwave Technology Encompass The Art of Skateboarding<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Mountain Dew.<\/em><\/p>\n

6\/19\/17 at 3:59PM |\u00a0<\/strong>Dew Tour athletes and guests alike were able to experience not only the impressive athleticism of skateboarding, but the art of the professional sport through electrodermal technology and a sculpture garden skate park during the four-day event which ended Sunday.<\/p>\n

Top skaters, including Mountain Dew athletes Sean Malto and Curren Caples, donned wearable devices that measured their heart rate, blood volume pulse, skin temperature, electrodermal activity and motion. In partnership with Mountain Dew, Lightwave<\/a>\u00a0then analyzed the data to create the first-of-its-kind art exhibition, \u201cThe Art of Doing,\u201d displaying said data with code-based visuals, transforming the feelings of competing during the Dew Tour into colorful motion graphics unique to each athlete.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLightwave’s aim is to capture the emotion of the world\u2019s most culturally and socially significant events,\u201d Rana June, CEO of Lightwave, said in a statement. \u201cThis year’s Dew Tour provides an exemplary use case of our technology because we\u2019re able to reveal deep emotional insights into the thrill of competition and visualize them in a brand-new way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Mountain Dew of professional skateboarder Sean Malto.<\/em><\/p>\n

A study by Lightwave found that 80 percent of the sponsored athletes competing during the tour believe their skate performances are as much of an art form as it is a professional sport, according to Lightwave.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe technology that Mountain Dew and Lightwave used to create \u2018The Art of Doing\u2019 at Dew Tour is incredible,\u201d Malto said in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s really cool to see my emotions while skateboarding come to life visually!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Mountain Dew. Professional skateboarder Chris Colbourn attends the Long Beach Dew Tour Media Event at Long Beach Convention Center Thursday. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi\/Getty Images for Mountain Dew)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Dew Tour\u2019s aesthetic was created by Los Angeles-based artist Steve Harrington, who recently finished works for MLSE LaunchPad, where youth facing barriers can get involved with sports to realize their potential, as well as Nike. <\/p>\n

Harrington, alongside Mountain Dew athletes Jordan Maxham and Chris Colbourn, also designed and painted the public skate course, or the \u201csculpture garden,\u201d which was constructed by California Ramp Works, the same team that built the official contest course. The sculpture garden was open to the public to skate throughout the tour, where amateurs and professionals alike took to skating up and over Harrington\u2019s lively icons.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Asia Morris.<\/em><\/p>\n

The mouth and snake sculpture are set to be donated and relocated to Silverado Skatepark<\/a> in Long Beach\u00a0by June 22, pending final approval from City Council, according to Dew Tour spokesperson Melissa Gullotti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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