created by david richardson '12 alongside rachel kobasa '13, waleed shahid '13, hannah garner '12, and kate irick '13
Drop Shot is at once a physical art space in an abandoned squash court and a collection of individuals, bound by a common interest in aesthetic practice. Borne out of a need for a more flexible gallery and performance venue on Haverford College’s campus, Drop Shot embodies a multi
-disciplinary approach to art-making and critical discourse.
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Drop Shot, as a site of artistic experimentation, is an arena for intellectual collision. In this way, the spirit of the sport for which the space and collective are named continues to flourish. Just as a squash ball once bounced from the racquets of players to ricochet off the court walls, so to do ideas and mediums spring, jerk, jolt, hurdle, and buck as they are shot together, as they explode apart.
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Drop Shot merges the jaunty playfulness of your kid sister, the unabashed naïveté of a freshman, the urgency of a Bible man at the apocalypse, and the drunk flippancy of a frat boy. Bring your goggles.
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In 2010-11, Drop Shot hosted eight student artist residencies, all focusing on the theme “House”: We can understand the world as a taxonomy of houses, spaces in which economies, moralities, and sexualities interact, shaping our sense of self and coloring the world around us. One resident constructed a back porch inside the squash court; another held an improv dance workshop; another moved his dorm room into the space and inhabited it for one week. Theme for 2011-12: competition
A QUESTION WE HAVE ALWAYS CONCERNED OURSELVES WITH: WHAT DOES HAVERFORD NEED? WHAT DOES HAVERFORD LACK? ZOOM OUT AND CONSIDER A FEW SWEEPING (AND PERHAPS UNFAIR) GENERALIZATIONS: WE ARE SELF-GOVERNING BODIES; WE NEVER TALK ABOUT GRADES; WE ARE POLITICALLY CORRECT AND POLITE; WE ARE INTROVERTED; WE DO NOT ANNOUNCE HONORS AT GRADUATION. WE ARE THOROUGHLY UNCOMFORTABLE IN AND WITH COMPETITION. LET'S DO AWAY WITH THE INSECURITY THAT IS HARBORED AND HIDDEN IN CONCEPTUALISM AND LET'S ENGAGE IN A NEW DIALOGUE THAT IS PERHAPS PHYSICAL FIRST AND CONCEPTUAL SECOND. contact:
david @ [email protected]
hannah @ [email protected]
waleed @ [email protected]
rachel @ [email protected]
kate @ [email protected]
