A WORK IN PUBLIC SPACE BY THOMAS HIRSCHHORN, PRODUCED BY DIA ART FOUNDATION NEW YORK
LOCATED AT FOREST HOUSES, THE BRONX - NEW YORK CITY, SUMMER 2013
The two basketball hoops that serve as props in the Gramsci Theater on Mondays reiterate
the question: love or politics, politics or love. Could we say, perhaps, that the
point is not to choose between these two different but urgent priorities? Could we
say, in other words, that the challenge is to contend with both? Elevated a couple
feet from the ground, the monument functions as an enormous stage where people play
out their game. And it is precisely this kind of elevation what gives a lift only
to put emphasis between intention and action.
