Tar in Paris

24 pages
Edited by Ellisdawg 
21 x 14.7 cm 
Language: English
Paperback 
Publisher: Self-Published
2026

Paris is a city built on layers. Streets where centuries-old stones meet modern motion, where two wheels can trace histories and create new ones. In that spirit, TARSTREETSPORTS gathered with Bike City Kings and DJ RAF and his gang of DJs in a hidden Parisian space for a night shaped by movement, sound and pulse. This zine documents those hours in classic TAR style, capturing bodies, bikes and beats as they moved together in real time.

TARSTREETSPORTS has always responded to the city and the people who move through it. Born from the grind of East London streets and shaped by those who ride, skate, dance and gather without pause, TAR exists through use and repetition. Objects are worn in, tested and adjusted through experience. The work is not created in isolation but through movement, through travel, through shared space.

Bike City Kings brought their own momentum. Part of a wider bike life movement, their riding is rooted in skill, control and freedom, negotiating the city through tricks, balance and flow. In Paris, that energy folded naturally into the space, riders moving through tight corners and open stretches with the same instinctive rhythm.

DJ RAF and his gang of DJs carried the night through sound, weaving sets that threaded through the crowd, shaping the atmosphere without forcing it. Music and movement sat side by side, each responding to the other, creating something continuous rather than staged.

The event was never about spectacle alone, but about presence. Riders leaned into tricks, the crowd gathered and shifted, conversations and laughter folding into the same space as motion and sound. What formed was temporary but precise, a moment held together by energy and attention.

The images are taken by Ellis Dawg, a long-time collaborator of TAR whose work has consistently documented the people and environments surrounding it. Shooting in analog black and white, his photographs move without interruption, capturing moments as they happen rather than directing them. Beyond TAR, his practice continues to build its own language, grounded in observation, timing and an instinct for connection.

What remains here is proof of presence. Riders turning corners, wheels lifting from the ground, groups forming and dissolving. Sound moving through bodies, time stretching and collapsing in the same breath. Each image holds a moment that cannot be repeated.

This zine is not a conclusion. It is a record of something already shifting into memory. TARSTREETSPORTS, Bike City Kings, DJ RAF and his gang of DJs created a space that existed for those hours only, yet persists here, an archive of movement, connection and a night in Paris that continues to echo.