Evolution of the table football game we all know, the Harbour Cup invites players to reflect and collaborate through its rules to decide how to play
The artists of the LAAB collective create the Harbour Cup as an interactive artwork that integrates art, sport, and science into a single object. Displayed in the port of Hong Kong, its shiny metallic body reflects the colorful lighting of the tall buildings surrounding it
The game-artwork is made up of a set of three pieces of different sizes to allow people of different heights, ages, and body types to play. The rules of the Harbour Cup are similar to foosball, but there are no goals to score in, nor established teams. The extraordinary innovation of the artwork is that players must decide together how to play
Inside the artwork, a panel of LED lights powered by solar energy is installed: when the ball is thrown, the movement activates sensors inside the 3D printed waterproof consoles, illuminating the trajectory of the ball. In the darkness of the night, the show is guaranteed!
