Wolfgang Laib, Wax Room. (Wohin bist Du gegangen-wohin gehst Du?/Where have you gone-where are you going?), 2013. The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Photo by Lee Stalsworth. When I step into ...
Before a World Cup ski racer ever clicks into a pair of skis, a ski technician has spent about 15 hours waxing them, again and again. That’s hundreds of wax cycles in the off-season, so that the base ...