VAN HOUSE PARTIES | TAKING FIVE WITH RICH JACOBSWe’re taking five with Vans House Parties arti

VAN HOUSE PARTIES | TAKING FIVE WITH RICH JACOBS

We’re taking five with Vans House Parties artist Rich Jacobs who will be creating a one-of-kind art installation while folks enjoy the music of The Rapture, Seedy Films and Tandem Jump! We find out about how Rich chills when not making art, about his very first Vans, and what folks should expect tonight. Take the leap below!

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Photographs courtesy of the artist.

What’s your favorite thing about summer? 
My favorite thing about summer is probably Italian ices, watermelon juice, backyard bbq’s, sunsets, no school, no jackets or warm clothes needed, things in general seem a little mellower somehow. 

How do you TAKE FIVE and chill out when you’re not arting?
I go on walks, or to a park, or the city and go record shopping.

Do you remember the first pair of Vans you ever had?
So my very first pair of Vans for me was the original low tops. In the original colorwave -blue red blue in 1978. I then had blue gold blue. I had a pair of the Stacey Peralta style 36 we called’em Peraltas in royal blue now called old school Skate Hi’s or something, but mine were low tops. And I had a pair of gold and black stripes, and then like red ones mostly after that … or sometimes black or navy slip ons. Wore them mostly since I was 6 basically. Always liked them for skating. 

Three words to describe what folks should expect tonight?
Be ready to get open

Who’s an up and coming artist you are excited about?
Hi Dutch and Yuskae Hanai from Japan . Keep your eye on those two . I like a lot of abstract painters too.