just in time for the finals, the Havana, Cuba based art collective of Marco Antonio Castillo Valdés and Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez, Los Carpinteros, has created “Free Basket” — an installation for the 100 Acres Art & Nature Park…
opening this month adjacent to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 100 Acres is one of the largest art parks in the country — in addition to Los Carpinteros, it features Atelier Van Lieshout, Type A, and Andrea Zittel…
Free Basket is a full-size basketball court, broken by red and blue arches that illustrate the path of bouncing balls and may allude to Indiana’s history of shifting Republican and Democratic values… “It’s an endless game — with every bounce the geography of the game changes” says Rodríguez. “No one wins” Sánchez adds, imagining the court will be a paradise for skaters “this place can be used for anything — except basketball”…
