Jacob C Hammes
Pool Tournament
Found Pool Table and 32 artist made pool balls
2014
In March 2014 I found a pool table on the street outside of my house and I took it to the studio. I asked artists to make balls for the table and gave them these limitations:
1. It must be small emough to fit in the pocket of the table.
2. It must have a number on it.
3. It must roll.
Artists invited produced a variety of objects from ephemeral to unplayable, to delicate, to destructive. We hosted a tournament to test our our new game. Game play of the tournament was negotiated in real-time by those playing the game.