A Brand New Ball Game

Collection
Capp Street Project Archive

  • overview: projected Mayan game; foosball; text on walls
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • ancient Mayan game projected onto screen, bordered by plywood steps
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • ancient Mayan game projected onto screen, bordered by plywood steps
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • ancient Mayan game projected onto screen, bordered by plywood steps
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • ancient Mayan game projected onto screen, bordered by plywood steps (moving pieces)
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • ancient Mayan game projected onto screen, bordered by plywood steps
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • ancient Mayan game projected onto screen, bordered by plywood steps
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • ancient Mayan game projected onto screen, bordered by plywood steps
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • foosball table: text on walls
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • detail: text on walls
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • detail: pastel wooden blocks printed with text
    1 color slide ; 2 x 2 in.

  • detail: pastel wooden blocks printed with text, text on wall
    1 color transparency ; 4 x 5 in.

  • detail: pastel wooden blocks printed with text, text on wall
    1 color transparency ; 4 x 5 in.

  • 14-square-foot chessboard with giant chess pieces
    1 color transparency ; 4 x 5 in.

  • 14-square-foot chessboard with giant chess pieces
    1 color transparency ; 4 x 5 in.

  • 14-square-foot chessboard with giant chess pieces
    1 black and white print ; 8 x 10 in.

Creator(s)
Munoz, Celia Alvarez (installation artist)
Date(s)
Date created: 1994
Exhibit date(s): 9/1/94 - 11/1/94
Work type & Measurements
Exhibition — installation
10 color slides (2 x 2 in.) ; 4 color transparencies (4 x 5 in.) ; 1 black and white photographic print (8 x 10 in.)
Description
Game room environment with oversized chess pieces, video chessboard, and wooden blocks with words, dealing with issues of gender and sexuality in Latino-American culture.
Notes
Venue: 525 2nd Street
Additional physical form: Application, Contract, Support Materials, Resume, Artist Statement, Correspondence, Press Clippings, Press Release, Announcements, Photographs, Slides
Location
Oakland Campus — Meyer Library — CSP Archive — Artist-in-Residence (525 2nd Street Era (1994-1998)) September 1994 to November 1994, Box 12
Rights
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