Are you a Global Player?
July 25th, 2008
posted by Cptn
They don’t often pong, but they don’t arf ping – the Blind Ditch artist group is at it again, and this time with all the thrills and spills that is the white-knuckle ride of outdoor table tennis.
As a lead up to the Beijing Summer Olympics a custom built table tennis table is being towed around the streets and public spaces of five British Cities.
The Global Player – one of the three uniformed team members – will encourage members of the public to stand their ground - reclaiming public space while creating an exciting community performance together. Challengers are encouraged to take winning seriously with game stats and edited video highlights being uploaded online at the Blind Ditch Global Player site.
Pucks-away, or kick-off, or first ball will take place at the Exeter Phoenix on Friday August 1 at 11am. The specially-designed table (made out of recycled bicycle parts by John Packer with a global map motif on its playing surface), will then tour the streets, taking on all comers.
And as this is a global event, there will be plenty of languages on offer - including Welsh for the Cardiff leg - and the Global Player project is primed to reach all corners of the globe in the next four years - possibly finishing in the new London stadium, p’raphs.
Global Players for 2008 are: Volkhardt Müller (with the PRSD nickname of ‘Herr Ping’ from Blind Ditch with associate artists Augusto Corrieri (with the PRSD nickname of ‘Senor Ping’) and Tim Dollimore (with the PRSD nickname of ‘Mr Ping’).
Global Player Tour Schedule August 2008
• Exeter City Launch 1st and 2nd Aug – supported by Exeter Arts Council and Exeter Phoenix Incubator
• Jubilee Square and surrounds, Brighton 5th Aug – The Basement Arts Centre, Brighton
• National Eisteddfod Cardiff 6th Aug - Chapter Arts Centre
• Exeter City 7th Aug - supported by Exeter Arts Council and Exeter Phoenix Incubator
• Plymouth Civic Square. Launch of BBC Big Screen for the Olympics – 8th Aug Plymouth City Council
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