ELLA ZIEGLER

BERLIN SKATEBOARD EVOLUTION

From Rollbrett to Skateboard

Sociocultural project with children and young people from the 1st Berlin Skateboard Club
Ella Ziegler in cooperation with the 1st Berlin Skateboard Club (since 1977)

BERLIN (GER) 2023

BERLIN SKATEBOARDING - From Rollerboard to Skateboard is a cross-media, socio-cultural art and research project documenting the history of skateboarding in Berlin.

Young people from the 1st Berlin Skateboard Club are researching Berlin's skateboarding history by interviewing contemporary witnesses from the East and West Berlin skate scenes. The interviews were published as podcasts on Spotify under BERLIN SKATBOARD EVOLUTION.

Photographs from Berlin's skateboarding history were posted on advertising columns in Berlin.

QR Code - Interviews on Spotify:


An Instagram campaign # photographs of Berlin's skateboarding history posted

Many thanks to Sergej Vutuc (analog photography), Thais Curvelo and Luana Legfern (graphics/illustration), Ariane Kaiser (graphics), Abrie Fourie (photographic documentation), skaters of 1. Berliner Skateboardverein (interviews) for their collaboration.

The project was funded by the Projektfonds Soziokulturelle Bildung. Sponsor: Proposition Außenwerbung GmbH