Blooming Vigor, 2024

Faux Fur, squeaker bulbs

Dimensions Variable

Blooming Vigor is a commissioned installation for Brad Court at the China Open. From a distance, it reads as an oversized tennis ball, its surface softened into long, tufted faux fur. Hidden beneath the fur are dozens of squeaker bulbs: press one, and the ball yelps back. The work invites the same contact a tennis ball never gets to have, touch without a swing, play without a point, and turns the court’s quiet, central object into something that responds, even blooms, when you reach for it.