Alan Ahued Naime
Hop
Hop is a public space intervention that consists of a large-scale game of Hopscotch (Hinkelen, Rayuela, Marelle…). With the help of 10 artists, invited to take part in the design and drawing of the game, we created a layout of 1730 numbers in some of the busiest streets in Groningen City Center.
Hop 2
In 2022 the Province of Groningen supported the creation of HOP 2 at Groningen's Central Station. The action consisted of drawing for 8 hours a big layout of the game hopscotch. In collaboration with 4 invited artists we created a design of 1000 numbered boxes surrounded by drawings, across the square in front of the train station.
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Special thanks to:
Dragan, Alisha, Christos, Ilona, Jan, and Np3.
Hop is part of the project PLAY:
PLAY
PLAY is a series of works created to about life for a while.
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Several years ago I decided to stop watching and reading the news. I was not capable of coping with a daily dose of evil, disasters, and economic failures. A feeling of anxiety and uselessness overwhelmed me, so I decided to withdraw myself as much as possible from what was happening in the world. Naturally, this decision brought me both unawareness and peace, but more importantly, it came with a feeling of guilt. Trying to find a balance between an “ignorance is bliss” way of living and reality, I have been questioning myself on how I can help, what I can do to contribute, and where do I stand upon important matters. With these questions, I realized that there must be a lot of people struggling with similar feelings. So, I came up with the idea to use my work to support and give aid, especially for people who commit their lives to defend the rest of us and fight for better living conditions.
PLAY was born with the idea of creating checkpoints for people to recover. Regain morale, stamina, mana, life…