The bayfoos crew did a field trip to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to check out the Get In The Game Exhibit, and in particular the famous 22 person Stadium foosball table created by Maurizio Cattelan in 1991. We had a great time. The table is one of the rare pieces of modern art that is meant both as serious social commentary and is extremely fun. Bayfoos players Dana Marr and Adrian Zamora worked the table during the “play with a pro” days several times. Last Sunday was the last day of the exhibition, and we had a great time goofing around on the table. Our game was a little shocking for the normies, but they caught on!
When SF MoMA first came to talk to us about the table, we considered a lot of options. We could have fielded a team of immigrants vs a team of native born Americans, like the original exhibition. (About half of Bayfoos players were born outside the US!) We could have hosted a competitive tournament with prize money. I’m glad that we decided to do none of those things, and just tossed some balls on the table and did our best to move them in the right direction. It was good times.
