Surf City, Sydney

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The surf culture effect

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Met Damion Fuller of Deus Ex Machina today and discussed angles, themes and options. Damion suggested the show might consider how surfing, surf culture and a love affair with the beach has given Sydney a distinctive social identity.

Crowd surfing from Sydney’s Big Day Out website

Certainly surfing has transformed culture in numerous ways, influencing fashion, advertising, literature, music, bands and to some extent a particular way of thinking about and carrying ourselves – typified in a kind of laconic individualism, self mockery, informality and iconoclasm.

Tony Edwards’ Goodvibes image from the amazing miles ago web site

Damion Fuller also runs the great Board Collector web site.

Written by Gary Crockett

January 13th, 2010 at 5:20 am

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