The Ballroom

The Ballroom is a three-dimensional drawing conceived for the four walls of the multipurpose area in The Meadows Community Recreation Centre. It displays the trajectories of bouncing balls across a virtual space contained by those same four walls, The Ballroom is where balls escaped from the nearby gymnasium and pool area come to dance.

The architectural transparency of the building and flow of natural light inspired this painting of balls passing through virtual walls. The trajectories of the dancing objects continue on outdoors. They are of all sizes ranging from ping-pong balls to basketballs.

France Dubois writes, ​“Implicitly, the artwork continues the recreation centre mandate of mixing leisure and culture by adding the dancing activities as they were formerly practiced in community centres.”