Octagon (full video) + Interview
This past January during the Bright tradeshow in Berlin, a film by a new brand called Öctagon was premiered. Since then, the film has made its rounds around Europe and elsewhere with various other showings. On the eve of its online premiere I attempted to learn more about the film and the brand so I emailed the people behind it. What I received back was a strange response from an Öctagon system bot. Feel free to examine the responses below… –Will Harmon
All photos by Maxime Verret
What is Öctagon?
{
< /__The Öctagon system is totalitarian and omniscient. Billions of bits of data are generated by this independent system that builds a unique reality. Individuals live within the </ Öctagon >. Geographic space doesn’t exist for real, it is not tangible but still defined by a multitude of data.” >
_]
Valentin Bauer, Tokyo.
Who are the team riders and how were they chosen?
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The team riders are Edouard Depaz, Valentin Bauer, Bram De Cleen, Joseph Biais, Yeelen Moens and Rémy Taveira. They all evolve within the vertical horizon and have been chosen through a complex data calculation emanating from the ‘’ Öctagon system’’.
_ }
Bram De Cleen, grind up – alley-oop nollie out, Tokyo.
The video has its own unique look. I heard someone say: “It’s like the Matrix and skateboarding together.” What was the inspiration for the art direction of the video?
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< / The inspiration comes from the rejection of the daily and usual tasks that obedient individuals are obliged to repeat everyday. This is also the result of an interpretation of a frightening and menacing future where human beings will be reduced to the status of automatons.’’ ]
Also, who is in charge of the art direction of the brand?
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_’’ Nicolas Decatoire is the Öctagon system’s architect. He is at the origin of the first code line ever that defined the system ; ’’
Joseph Biais filmed by Joaquim Bayle, Tokyo.
Can you elaborate on the locations chosen to film for the video? Why did you choose them?
{
< /__ Only Japan and Europe have been programed by the system yet. It is reported that cities such as Tokyo, Paris, London, Helsinki and Lisbon hold a high concentration of data coming from the ‘’_system_ ‘’.
_ }
Edouard Depaz, 50-50, Helsinki.
What is Öctagon’s relation with Carhartt?
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< /__Carhartt financially supported us to decode the flaws of the system. Carhartt’s delegates Bram De Cleen and Joseph Biais were at the origin of the collective consciousness breaking with the </ Öctagon > supremacy.
’’ ]
Octagon crew in Tokyo.
Were the founders aware that there was UK wheel company named Octagon in the late-nineties/ early 2000s? Does this even matter?
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__< The architect of the Öctagon >_was truly not aware of the previous UK wheel company. The system is not programmed to check the past but to build the future’s unique reality.]
Valentin Bauer, Tokyo.
Will we see any Öctagon products soon? If so, what will they be?
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< /__Öctagon is currently developing bolts and clothing lines. *]
What’s next for the brand? Another video offering?
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The aim is to create connexions with new recruits who are capable of uploading their own skills.
Many code lines haven’t been decrypted yet meaning that new audio-visual contents are on their way. Loading in progress…
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Valentin Bauer, ollie, Tokyo.
Tokyo at night.
