Sneaker Man
The 32-year old Serbian artist never shows his face but is very open about his emotional attachment to sneakers
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SELF PORTRAITS BY SNEAKERMAN
INTERVIEW BY ABI BENITEZ
What should I call you? Sneakerman.
Where are you living now? I’ve been living in Barcelona, Spain since 2015.
How did you start creating masks from sneakers? I’ve been a sneaker collector for more than a decade, and since I’m quite emotionally attached to all the sneakers I have, once their lives came to an end, I felt very emotional about throwing them into the rubbish. So I thought, what can I do with them to give them a second chance to give them a new life, a new opportunity? How to elevate them into something new and something admired again?
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