OOPS, the basketball court and playspace for The HOOPcycle.
Photo by Scott Shrigley, 2024.
Parking Lot
HOOPcycle is a mobile interactive art installation, designed by past Artist as Instigator Marisa Morán Jahn and architect Rafi Segal, that explores the intersections of recreational equity, cultural heritage, and public space.
Drawing inspiration from both contemporary basketball and its ancient pre-Columbian ancestor, HOOPcycle combines a reinterpreted vertical hoop with a tricycle-mounted design, offering a reimagined sports experience that challenges norms and unites communities through play.
Accompanying HOOPcycle in the Museum’s parking lot is OOPS, an interactive ground mural that celebrates street games and their role in bringing people together.
Commissioned by the National Public Housing Museum, this project was collaboratively created with the help of public housing residents who interacted with a HOOPcycle prototype at their community center. Blending the linework of a basketball court with other street games, as well as the intuition of participating residents, the project aims to reframe the public understanding of subsidized housing and illuminate the rich history of basketball and recreation in public housing communities.
Major funding for HOOPcycle and OOPS was provided by The Joyce Foundation as part of the 2023 Joyce Award, with support from The National Endowment for the Arts, Parsons/The New School Faculty Research Fund and the Chicago Association of REALTORS®.
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