WIRES CROSSED by ED Templeton [JAPAN STICKER/LAUNCH EDITION]

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A collection of works by American professional skateboarder and artist Ed Templeton. A memoir-like record of the punk and DIY skateboarding subculture that was popular in the 1990s and early 2000s. In this book, you can see the raw, passionate energy running through the author's image-making over the past two decades.

This book consists of photographs, collages, texts, maps, and other ephemera excerpted from the author's own diary. It reflects the unique aesthetics born from The author has twice won the world skateboarding champion title as a professional skateboarder, and has been active as a photographer and artist since the 1990s as skateboarding has increased its cultural value. is in a unique position. The Beautiful Losers is a loosely formed group of artists who used to belong to Aaron Rose's Alleged Gallery on Manhattan's Lower East Side. As a member of Losers), the author's work was evaluated for the first time.

Many of the works included in this book are unpublished or have never been seen before, and they represent the author's own journey as an image maker, crossing the world on tour, and becoming a rock star. It explores the lives of professional skateboarders who find joy in their new position and are forever searching for new soil. Interviews and dialogues between the author and fellow professional skaters and friends talk about the pressures and pleasures of life on the road, and what it means to pursue a single art with all your might, whether on deck or on the side of the camera. Attractive details are added as an essence.

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