https://musiciselementary.com/2024/03/07/rh3maqok4 Art and skateboarding provide an eternal circle of inspiration for each other. Many skateboarders are artsy, too, involved in photography, videography, painting, drawing, and other art-related things.

https://www.jamesramsden.com/2024/03/07/458m1nc Aurèle Duffey is a good example of this combo. Based in Estavayer -le -Lac (Fribourg), the young talent graduated from the art school of Fribourg just a few years back. Let’s get a closer look at the creator behind Ovniminimo a blog where his latest projects are constantly updated.

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Interview with Aurèle

https://elisabethbell.com/os3hi58nnc https://www.goedkoopvliegen.nl/uncategorized/nk97zv2 Your first love: skateboarding or art?
Back in the days my older brother introduced me to art and design. We started drawing together when we were little kids,so skateboarding came a bit later in my life. Around the age of thirteen I started skateboarding with a group of friends just for the fun of sliding.

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I tried the first pushes outside in the street by my house. Then my backyard slowly became a mini-skate park. Along with a group of friends, we started building mini ramps to skate since the city didn’t have a park then. Our group of friends became bigger every year, so we built a DIY quarter pipe and more than twenty local skaters were riding it hard every day.
Now that group of friends has sort of gone their separate ways, following their own paths, but I still skate my home park in Estavayer.

How did you approach design at first?
My first real approach with design was at the art school in Fribourg where multimedia and art were mixed in many classes. Once I was done with my studies I realized that working on advertisements and marketing wasn’t really my goal, so instead I developed my own style, even if you can’t make a living out of it.

Talk about art in the board scene, how do they drive each other?
What I really love about skateboarding is the freedom it gives you. There are so many different styles and skaters around, no one can really tell what the limits of the scene are.
Not having written rules helps the creativity and imagination of every single rider.
When it comes to my art, I just try to apply the same feelings that riding gives me to create my layouts.

https://giannifava.org/oxpsofadu8 Being a skateboarder influences your artwork?
I try to translate the fluidity and the moves of skateboarding into my art pieces. For example when I draw “skater cats” they seem to be sliding down rails for real — there’s a visual approach to the scene that reminds of a real skater in movement.

https://fotballsonen.com/2024/03/07/fmnhz6jelm Never thought about collaborating with a skateboard company?
Of course I did but I’ve never had the chance to actually collaborate with any company. I developed some T-shirts designs for my friends and their skate crews. In the future I would like to design some deck graphics!

How do you see yourself evolving in both scenes?
To be honest, I don’t spend much time wondering what will be next. I make the best out of every day and take what comes spontaneously. In art as in skateboarding, things don’t have to be forced. I just believe that hard work always pays off! Soon I’ll be back at school,so if it doesn’t work out as planned I’ll probably look for a part-time job and keep on evolving in my personal projects.

Skateboarding approached by art is not the commercial one you watch at television for big contests, is a unique mix, deeply ingrained in the culture. To be continued…

Art and boardsports is a debate that deserves many approaches. A story to be continued.
Keep it artsy out there folks!
Ale & Nicki

Pictures: Nicole Antognini
Text: Alessandro Pellanda
Location: Estavayer-le-lac, Switzerland
Link: Ovniminimo – Aurèle’s portfolio