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    OOPS & HOOPcycle

    View from above, a white, purple, orange, and blue geometric mural turns a parking lot into a play space

    Marisa Morán Jahn, New York City, NY and Rafi Segal, Boston, MA, 2024

    OOPS, the basketball court and playspace for The HOOPcycle.
    Photo by Scott Shrigley, 2024.

    Installation

    • Parking Lot

    • Free
    • Press release

    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.

    Come play with us!
    Check out our events calendar to learn about upcoming HOOPcycle play sessions.

    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®.

    A group of people simultaneously shoot basketballs at the HOOPcycle
    Museum Ambassadors Tameka, Trevia, Donya, and Kira playing ball with Marisa Morán Jahn and Rafi Segal. Photo by Scott Shrigley, 2024.
    Attached to a tricylce, a large yellow metal frame supports orange hoops that are mounted vertically against a turquoise backboard
    Photo by David MacMillan, 2024.
    Marisa Morán Jahn and Rafi Segal. Photo by Scott Shrigley, 2024.
    OOPS, the basketball court and playspace for HOOPcycle. Photo by Olivia Land, 2024.

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