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The Adelinquere Arte
Contempanea Center in Turin, Italy looks like a very cool place. From what
we understand, it was established in December of 2000 as an exhibition space for
comtemporay art.  Their current exhibition is called EXIT. The guys in Italy
described it like this to us:

“The project is a pure self funny
research always in motion, always playing with lot of people, and contemporary
multidisciplinary positive attitude. contaminating everyone and everything with
the logo. the mood is an italian skate surf flow attitude, because adelinquere
play art just like surfing or skating with the same passion…this is the
flow..playing something without using mind exploring the ideas of form,
commodity, creativity, space and imagination as it exists in the world of
skateboarding. If you have ever skate, surf you’ve probably also customized your
griptape, designed homemade stickers, constructed a board from the remains of
four dying boards, filmed every one of your friends skating, or built something
that resembles a ramp. The list actually goes on and on, but the point is in
there. Creating things and skateboarding roll along right next to each other.”


We’re not sure we understood one word of what the guys said, but
that doesn’t mean you won’t.  So what does “Adelinquere” mean?  Here’s how it
was explained to us:

Adelinquere means in Itailain something like
“outlaw.”—with good positive vibes. When someone is arrested for illegal
traffic etc. at the TG the speakers says: “ARRESTATO PER ASSOCIAZIONE A
DELINQUERE” (Arressted for Illegal Association??) And that’s where we take that
unusual Italian word for ADELINQUERE ARTE CONTEMPORANEA