We just saw these photos of a new innovative basketball court in Munich on the Yahoo! Ball Don’t Lie basketball blog. They are super freaky to look at, and quite clearly the design of the court was developed by artists and not athletes. Seriously, between the Tim Hardaway killer crossover and this Munich basketball court, who do you think would break more ankles?
From Art in Public Space:
A regulation-sized basketball court was erected on the grove-like forecourt of the school building of the occupational school. The court consists of a soft orange-red tartan covering and two normed baskets and seems to be forced over the grid of the lamps that have been set up. The playable court has been “morphed” as in a 3D program on a computer and looks like the grounds of a rollercoaster, with heights and depths and calm and dynamic zones. The resulting paradox, which moves between a normative set of rules and pleasurable, anarchic change, requires creative engagement for its use.
