benedetto bufalino uses public space to create comic installations that invite visitors to look differently at the world around them. after changing a car into a ping pong table; an apartment into a tennis court, and a phone booth into a fish tank, bufalino returns with an interactive artwork that a turns a familiar sports symbol on its head.
as part of the biennale internationale d’art contemporain curated by paul ardenne, bufalino has installed ‘terrain de sport’ on a beach in anglet, france — a 20 by 30 meter ‘sports field’. rather than the playing field being chalked in its usual white paint, the boundaries of this pitch are demarcated by large tiles of concrete. seen from a distance, the outline of this low, walled enclosure conjures the image of a life-size lego construction, in which participants and players must compete.
