“Hitting Walls: A Day of Handball” at Cabinet “Hitting Walls,” organized by artist Carlin Wing, is an event that takes New York’s quintessential game as the starting point for a day of learning, making, playing, spectating, and speculating. The full-day program, which will take place at both Cabinet and Thomas Greene Handball Courts, will include: –An exhibition of handball photographs by Keith Thode and Holly Koffler, alongside historical images of the game from the archives of the NYC Parks Department. An artist project by Max Warsh will be on view along the route between the tournament courts and Cabinet. –The Gowanus Open, an amateur handball tournament that will take place at the Thomas Greene Handball Courts. The tournament will be followed by an exhibition match between two of New York City’s top players. –A ball-making workshop, in which participants will learn how to make balls according to pre-industrial methods, utilizing old sheets, liquid latex, vinegar, medical tape, punctured bicycle inner tubes, packing materials, rubber bands, wine corks, bits of string, and other unlikely stuff. Materials will be provided, but participants are also welcome to bring old t-shirts, rubber doodads, yarn, and socks missing their mates. –A talk by Carlin Wing on the history of handball in New York City. e-flux/announcements/%E2%80%9Chitting-walls-a-day-of-handball%E2%80%9D/
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:46:55 +0000
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