overhead study / warm concrete

courts.
studio

A quiet studio collecting the marks made where motion, judgment, rules, and ritual become lived space.

open practice 05:41
surface

the surface remembers

Chalk scuffs, softened corners, graphite weather, and the hush after rain.

motion path
flipboard
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registered rallies, then allowed to rest.

scene 02

the line decides

line memory

pressed pencil boundaries, hand-painted twice

The rule is not a wall. It is a mark rehearsed until everyone agrees where to begin.

soft ruling

judgment as a small room

  • call the edge
  • read the scuff
  • return to play
fair / lived
1970s gym tile

Old recreation-center geometry, faded until it behaves like memory.

scene 03

the rally becomes data

shot chart rubbing
practice repetitions

chalk tally scratches

Counted only long enough to notice rhythm.

coordinates

x: 41.2 / y: 08.7
bounce ghost: 03
net shadow: low
weather: afterglow

scene 04

the room warms

studio table

samples pinned under worn tape

Concrete swatch, clay dust, vellum overlay, binder holes, and a paper clip holding one disputed line.

shoe squeak curve
final quiet baseline

the court rests

Nothing concludes loudly. The lines remain, the dust settles, and tomorrow’s first step will redraw the map.

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