17 October - 12 November 2006 ã.
«The search for Ali Boulala» is an exhibbition about the subculture of skateboarding. It is about people who love skateboarding and the world they have created for themselves. The show includes a number of short interviews with some of these young board fans. The documentary photos of Lisa Selin take us to look for Ali.
The hunt for Ali takes the visitor through out Sweden and over to the US. On the way she meets a bunch of interesting people and images. Everybody has heard about Ali Boulala but nobody has ever seen him. Her camera follows the Ali myth for five years, she doesn’t find Ali, but was produced a handsome account of street teenagers’ perpetual and inventive enthusiasm.
Amusingly, sweaty skateboard culture, in black-and-white becomes elegant and respectable. A bonus slide-show called «Petersburg skateboarding» has been contributed by a local board-shop, and demonstrates that skateboarding has a truly international following.
