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Tie-break Wheaties boxes
- Artists
- Tibi Tibi Neuspiel and Geoffrey Pugen
- Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- self published
- Format
- Multiples
- Size
- 24.5 × 36 × 8 cm
The Tie-break is an ongoing collaborative project between the artists Tibi Tibi Neuspiel and Geoffrey Pugen.
The first iteration of the project consisted of 12 consecutive shot-for-shot re-enactments of the legendary fourth set tie-break from the 1980 Wimbledon Finals between Björn Borg and John McEnroe. The performance took place during Nuit Blanche on October 1st, 2011, from 7pm – 7am on a specially installed tennis court in the center of Toronto’s financial district.
The second phase of The Tie-break occured in January, 2012, in the form of a gallery installation consisting of works ranging from sculpture and painting, to photography and video.
Numbered edition of 25.
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