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Center Court: Exploring Sacred Geometry Through Line, A conceptual artwork, it requires the collective participation of many activators willing to follow the rules as they create a new path with tape and markers based on disequilibrium theory.

“Marlon Forrester’s “Sideline” installation started as a basketball court taped on the floor and walls. Forrester plays on society’s propensity to celebrate and objectify black athletes, inviting viewers to use the tape to redraw boundaries that shape racist stereotypes. The space now feels more chaotic, but somehow more fertile and open.” -Cate McQuaid

This wall mural functions to both deconstruct and reconstruct the sacred space of ritual found within a basketball court. In it, free throw, three point, and half court lines become axis points, and access routes, for drawing exploration based on disequilibrium theory.

A performance series, “Passing,” in which he is prone in public — in front of the State House, in Copley Square — tossing a basketball in the air. “I use my body, a black male body, in relationship to images of power,” Forrester said. His position on the ground, he noted, recalls the space allotted to enslaved people on slave ships. The basketball pays homage to the artist’s late father, as if he’s having a toss with the old man up in heaven.

B.O.A.T. (Crane 65) bridges both the past and the future of the Navy Yard through an immersive art installation which includes large scale line drawings and sculptures. This participatory art project is located in the USS Constitution Museum’s Education Center.

Exploratory art research and development trip to my native country of Guyana to study its material culture; indigenous, African, Indian, Dutch and British histories. Day trips to Bartica to research the stories of gold mining in the interiors of districts of Guyana and local art practices. Four rivers exploration throughout Guyana’s unique tropical landscape.

The concept is to create a more robust, resilient P.L.A.Y. space that:

facilitates intergenerational engagement

pays tribute to history, and

promotes health and wellness of the body and mind through play.

The project carefully considers the borders of the basketball courts, the sidelines, the bleachers, and other zones as sites for multiple activities. It creates areas for young children to play in close vicinity to the basketball court, as well space for caretakers to sit, watch, and enjoy the events. Areas for children are all-inclusive, with an assortment of structures, learning accessories, dramatic play elements, and ground level activities accessible to children using wheelchairs. Seating areas feature charging stations powered by the sun and wind located at benches or seats overlooking the game. The sidelines are places for outdoor workout spaces that function to enhance the physical conditioning athletes’ bodies.