Artist Statement

The Art Ball

There are a few things going on with The Art Ball. For one I am completely objectifying the art object. So much so that the art object itself fits comfortably in a person’s hand, the size, the weight, it is a comfortable fit. The Art Ball is meant to be carried around, to move from person to person, to travel, to exist beyond the context of the art gallery. Secondly The Art Ball is a free object for those willing to participate. There is no monetary exchange as the ball passes from one person to another. There is only a verbal agreement, a promise that is to be kept when the ball is given to another.

As with almost all of my work I am asking for the collaboration of others to either begin, exist, or continue my process. Here I am asking for the participants to continue my process, not to complete my process, because the idea is for The Art Ball to continue moving, and not become a stagnant representation.

The only documentation I require is that I take a photograph of the initial release of each Art Ball. Beyond that I leave the ball to exist without information being passed back to me. In a way The Art Ball becomes self sufficient as long as it passes from person to person and the initial agreement is kept.

These are the only rules for The Art Ball, that is when the ball is presented to another this is the pledge made as the ball is passed on to a new participant: 1. That you can only have The Art Ball for a period of twenty-four hours. So either within or at the end of that period the ball must be passed on to another. 2. You cannot alter that physicality of the ball itself, i.e. you can’t scratch your initials into the ball before passing it on. Beyond that you are free to do whatever you want with the ball. 3. The Art Ball cannot be passed on to another person that does not agree to these terms.

I am relying on the honesty of a person to keep The Art Ball in flow, because once I release a ball into the public I really have no control over what actually happens.






		The Art Ball There are a few things going on with The Art Ball. For one I am completely objectifying the art object. So much so that the art object itself fits comfortably in a person’s hand, the size, the weight, it is a comfortable fit. The Art Ball is meant to be carried around, to move from person to person, to travel, to exist beyond the context of the art gallery. Secondly The Art Ball is a free object for those willing to participate. There is no monetary exchange as the ball passes from one person to another. There is only a verbal agreement, a promise that is to be kept when the ball is given to another. As with almost all of my work I am asking for the collaboration of others to either begin, exist, or continue my process. Here I am asking for the participants to continue my process, not to complete my process, because the idea is for The Art Ball to continue moving, and not become a stagnant representation. The only documentation I require is that I take a photograph of the initial release of each Art Ball. Beyond that I leave the ball to exist without information being passed back to me. In a way The Art Ball becomes self sufficient as long as it passes from person to person and the initial agreement is kept. These are the only rules for The Art Ball, that is when the ball is presented to another this is the pledge made as the ball is passed on to a new participant: 1. That you can only have The Art Ball for a period of twenty-four hours. So either within or at the end of that period the ball must be passed on to another. 2. You cannot alter that physicality of the ball itself, i.e. you can’t scratch your initials into the ball before passing it on. Beyond that you are free to do whatever you want with the ball. 3. The Art Ball cannot be passed on to another person that does not agree to these terms. I am relying on the honesty of a person to keep The Art Ball in flow, because once I release a ball into the public I really have no control over what actually happens.



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