As a teenager during the 1970s and 80s the idea that ADIDAS stood for ‘All Day I Dream About Sex’ was a great joke. With my hormones raging it was also certainly true of me, but growing up in rural Victoria I was on constant alert – terrified of being outed as a poofter.
When I came across an old hand painted ADIDAS sign in a Castlemaine laneway a few years back I was reminded of the acronym. I regularly walk past the sign, watching the graffiti accumulate, and like my fear, fade. As a bittersweet reminder of youth I decided to recreate it, preserving the sign in a moment of time. No longer feeling the need to hide my dreams, I’ve added my own graffiti to declare my desire.
Photography by Emma Byrnes. www.emmabyrnes.com
