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Under Load

A skateboard is already a pressure instrument.

Artifact

The deck is the field.

Panels extracted from various sources, 1987-2004. Action sequences. Compression moments. Bodies mid-impact.

The assembly process took eleven sessions across three weeks.

The polyurethane makes it permanent. This was deliberate.

A skateboard is already a pressure instrument. Add language about withstanding. The object becomes a document.

Deck collage plate with compression arcs and panel blocks.

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Close detail crop of sealed collage edge texture.

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Artifact Type

deck-collage

Materials

Comic panels, archival adhesive, polyurethane, skateboard deck

Dimensions

8.25 x 32

Year

2026

Source

Nathan Davis , Archive Operator

@nathandavis

Builder and curator of the Codex Archive System.