Los Carpinteros, Indianapolis, Indiana
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N 39° 49.530 W 086° 11.328
16S E 569420 N 4408704
an abstract outdoor sculpure in the form and shape of a basketball court near the Museum of Art
Waymark Code: WM9N73
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2010
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The court is an abstract outdoor sculpture or art installation, celebrating the game of basketball. Official signage warns visitors not to climb, skateboard, or rollerblade, but does not mention any prohibition about actually playing ball.
While the court size is of standard size, the baskets are not positioned correctly as in a standard court. Also, throughtout the court, there are metal curved arches planted vertically.
from an article on the The New York Times, by Hilarie Sheets, that appeared on June 9, 2010, titled "100 Acres to Roam, No Restrictions":
When "100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park" opens to the public next weekend in the backyard of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, there will be no signs or guards admonishing visitors not to touch the art. Quite the contrary.
A fantastical basketball court fuses this two-man collective's interest in surrealistic architecture and Indiana's love of the sport.
The full-size court with two hoops is filled with a maze of bright red and blue arches - as high as 19 feet and as wide as 51 feet - that represents the imagined trajectory of a bouncing ball changing possession between two teams. Perhaps not coincidentally, the palette also brings to mind Indiana's history of shifting between Republican and Democratic allegiances.
"It's an endless game, with all the connotations you can take from that situation," said Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez, one-half of this collective from Havana. "With every bounce the geography of the game changes."
His collaborator, Marco Antonio Castillo Valdés, added, "No one wins."
But all can play.
The artists imagine the court will be a paradise for skaters and those interested in extreme sports. "This place can be used for anything except basketball," Mr. Rodríguez Sánchez said with a laugh.
Mr. Castillo Valdés said, "It would have to be creative basketball."
Full Court?: yes
Nets on hoops?: yes
Court Access: Private
Surface Quality: Average, Can See Lines
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