For the past six years, artist Kurt Perschke has squeezed a huge red ball into cracks, gaps and alleys all around the world. The red ball has visited cities like Barcelona, Chicago, Toronto and Sydney, and it's now heading to England for the summer! (Reminds me of this children's story, do you remember it?)(Via Apartment Therapy)
Yeah I'm going to see that!
ReplyDeletei've never seen that!
ReplyDeletethat is bizarre!
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ahha this is too funny! how cute!
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Hehe this is awesome! I think you had posted about a random yellow duck some sculpturist put in the middle of an Amsterdam river over night...This reminds me of that...Really cool idea! =)
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My mom lives in England so I'm going to tell her to look out for it. Such a brilliant project! Happy Friday, Joanna. xo
ReplyDeleteSo strange! But so much fun too! I'm a lover of art, so I find this strangely wonderful...
ReplyDeleteVery cool! We live in London so I'll definitely be taking my children to see it :)
ReplyDeleteThat is AWESOME. It reminds me of THIS book: http://www.amazon.com/Stop-that-Ball-Beginner-Books/dp/0394800109
ReplyDeleteHow have I never heard of this before?! How magical!
ReplyDeleteHey, that's fun, art doesn't have to be so complicated.
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Is that the story where the house stays and all these higher houses are built around and air gets bad, etc? And then in the end it moves to the country?
ReplyDeleteIf yes, THANK YOU so much for pointing me to the link, I've been talking to my hubby about this story I had read as a kid and he had no clue.
WOW! That is really cool.
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ReplyDeleteHe should come do it on Jersey street in NY. That tiiinnyyy street just above prince between Crosby and Lafayette! Where housing works is...
ReplyDeletei studied the red ball project in university in relation to encouraging adult play in public spaces through art and design. i love the red ball, and think perschke's work is brilliant. thanks for bringing it to a wider audience!
ReplyDeleteAh, love people for being so creative.
ReplyDeleteThanks for always bringing us amazing things like this to enjoy J.
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oh yes! this is wonderful!!!
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Such a cool art concept!
ReplyDeleteAlso...love The Little House. It's a good one for sure.
Funny. I love this kind of art projects!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend
Love it!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a different children's book
http://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Balloon-Albert-Lamorisse/dp/0385003439/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331913989&sr=1-1
I looooved that book.
this is brilliant, I hope to see it one day ;)
ReplyDeletethis is so cute! must keep an eye out for photos this summer!
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny!
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Joanna, i recall seeing this installation when i first moved to Chicago! it was right across from my office on the bridge over the Chicago river. i've blogged about the project as well as it really opened my mind to conceptual art.
ReplyDeletehere are some other favorites that you might like, one uses thousands of rubber duckies. that's art i can get on board with!
http://leanerbythelake.com/?p=2494
have a nice weekend!
eileen
It's awesome! I saw the one in Toronto... super cool! It puts a smile on the face of even the grumpiest person. Right? :)
ReplyDeleteReminds me of a big ball of Gouda...yum!
ReplyDeleteLove the pic' in Barcelona, is one of my favourite streets! is really beautiful!
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That's so amazing! I wish I had seen the Toronto one
ReplyDeletethis is so rad!
ReplyDeleteYes, very cool. The shot of the ball on the bridge is in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
ReplyDeletehaHA! That's amazing!! I love it! You're absolutely right, it's the stuff of children's story books here in real life! I absolutely adore the idea! Hope it makes its way to NYC :)
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That is awesome! My husband just came home totally depressed and this cheered him right up.
ReplyDeletehaha this is so awesome! why don't i think of things like this?!!
ReplyDeleteIn fact, the seventh photo IS Norwich - just next door to the office I worked in then!
ReplyDeleteIs it going to be in London?!?! I will be in London in July and would love to take a picture with it!
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant! And I LOVE that children's story. :)
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Very creative :)
ReplyDeletethis is awesome!
ReplyDeletealso kinda reminds me of the kid movie The Red Balloon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Balloon
this is so cool! i hope he brings his big red ball to san francisco soon!
ReplyDeletegah! i wanna see it!
ReplyDeleteOh fab! I'm going to have to stalk it this summer I think!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, that book is a FAV around my house!!
ReplyDeleteI live in Toronto and spotted the ball in a few different locations. Every time, I'd see passersby point and smile and have conversations with people they were with or strangers who also stopped to stare. Very cool, interactive art project!
ReplyDeleteThis is so interesting.
ReplyDeleteIt was recently in Perth too for the Arts Festival!
ReplyDeleteA friend made a game to spot it's new location everyday which was a fun album to view.
love stuff like this
ReplyDeleteI followed the red ball around Chicago. It was a lot of fun to see where and how he would place the ball in each location as well as watch other people's reactions!
ReplyDeletei would so love to see this in person!
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That's just brilliant! Brightens up a day for sure.
ReplyDeleteWe just had the red ball visit us here in Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia - at least we're up-to-date with some things!
ReplyDeleteDo you know when it will be in England? I'll be there the end of May! What a neat idea
ReplyDeleteSome people have big imaginations & actually bring their ideas to life! Very cool.
ReplyDeletewow this is cool!!
ReplyDeleteHa, ha! This looks great. I'll have to keep an eye out for it, (and go and throw myself against it in an embarrassing fashion)
ReplyDeleteThat is a pretty cool project! That would be fun to see in NYC! And yes I remember that book! I use to get sad seeing that cute little house in the city :( My mom would read it to me all the time since it was my favorite :)
ReplyDeletethat is the most random thing i've ever seen, but really funny and eye catching:)
ReplyDeletehah! this is awesome.
ReplyDeletehaha this is so cute! I live in Tokyo, hope to see it here!
ReplyDeletestrange and funny artist!!!
ReplyDeletelove this big red ball
jessica
I saw this red ball in my city (Perth, Australia) a few weeks ago. My 16 month old couldn't contain her excitement and kept bouncing off it!
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This is just awesome! I can't imagine how people reacted!
ReplyDeleteOMG! This was one of my favorite children's book! i remember arriving to america and barely learning to read and write english. This book not only touched me personally but helped me overcome my language barrier. Such an uplifting story. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteawesome cuteness!!!
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