Game Show
WGBH
Greater Boston Arts explores the high art behind the hi-jinks of a group of nationally acclaimed artists fascinated by the mechanics of game play. This May, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art presents Game Show, the first major exhibition to explore how, throughout the 20th century, the world of games -- with its inversions of mastery, dependence on chance, and reliance on both verbal and physical play -- has intrigued and inspired artists. Local artist Danny-O's obsession with balls of all shapes and sizes actually form his art. Sticking to the rules of his performance art game -- collecting a ball a day -- and with the help of visitors to the gallery, Danny-O hopes to fill his 3000-square-foot gallery space with balls. Curator Laura Heon explains how a range of artists, from Danny-O to French performance artist Sophie Calle to members of the 60's-eara Fluxus art movement incorporate rules of play to engage audiences in art that is seriously fun.