A towering red ball ran over several parked cars as it barreled down an Ohio street in a modern art installation gone wrong.
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jeremy419 via Instagram This art installation, known as the RedBall Project, became a pinball when it broke free and rolled down the street Wednesday in Toledo, Ohio.
The ball eventually was corralled and returned to the museum, where it can be viewed through the weekend.
The video was captured by Instragram user jeremy149. Some can be seen in a video sprinting after the ball as it turns the corner from Madison Avenue onto St. Clair Street. The ball was chased down by a few “minders” hired by the artist, as well as some museum staff and even a restaurant waiter.
Luckily, no one was hurt.
The project is part of the museum’s exhibition “Play Time”, organized by Halona Norton-Westbrook, the museum’s associate curator of contemporary art, along with associate director Amy Gilman. It will be at Boyd’s Retro Candy Store at 954 Phillips Ave. from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. today.
The ball’s unexpected voyage lends new context to Perschke’s statement about the project.
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“The magnetic, playful and charismatic nature of “RedBall” allows the work to access the imagination embedded in all of us”, the sculpture’s artist, Kurt Perschke said. RedBall has appeared in almost two dozen cities worldwide. It’s a huge soft ball that doesn’t crush things. “However, like a boat with lots of sail and no rudder, it can really move in high winds”. But, you know, that’s Toledo for you I guess.
