Aces High was a concept piece that I used my love for tennis
as the inspiration. I followed the path of four tennis pros (Serena
Williams, Victoria Azarenka, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic) who just
happen to make it to the finals of the US Open. I tracked their serving
progress throughout the tournament starting on 9/6/12 and recorded the
number of aces each hit...a completely random number for each.
Then
I purchased some poker chips (ultimate symbols for a game of chance) to
represent the number of aces each hit and placed them in a glass jar. I
must admit that the thinking process behind Aces High was much
more creative than the actual artwork but I used my full faculties to
come up with the idea. I assigned them each a color: Serena - green,
Victoria - red, Andy - blue and Novak - black. The pieces were thrown
into the jar randomly after their individual matches had finished and I
think that conceptually I captured the essence of the project.
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