One evening in the 80s, acclaimed indie film director Jim Jarmusch watched a collection of black-and-white films. Throughout the viewings he instinctively reached for his camera, capturing a seemingly random yet emotive series of images. The resulting stills, titled TV Photos, sat locked away in the archives for four decades, until they landed on a new limited collection of skateboards released by The Skateroom today.
True to the elusive, dreamlike nature of Jarmusch’s original series the photographs are arranged in incongruent sets of threes on The Skateroom decks, leaving the viewer to draw their own lines between the images. Adding to the mystique of the collection, the limited edition boards are only available for 72 hours from today 4pm, each coming complete with a numbered certificate of authenticity.
To celebrate the launch of the collection, Jarmusch linked up with Miami-born skateboarder Beatrice Domond in New York to film an exclusive short film. Domond first rose to prominence with her part in the Supreme “Cherry” video back in 2015, in which she landed a smooth no-comply impossible.
Fittingly shot in black and white, with the iconic NY fire hydrants and bodegas in the background, Jarmusch’s film features Domond busting out a few tricks on the new board, including an ollie-into-manual on the sidewalk.
Take a look at some behind the scenes photos from the collaboration above, as well as the exclusive short film made by Jim Jarmusch and Beatrice Domond, above