The first stop in Scottsdale for The RedBall Project was The Marshall Way Trolley Bridge. In the background is the Scottsdale Waterfront (I kid you not). We really do have a waterfront.

Circled in red on our calendars was our first Big Event of 2008: The RedBall Project. The RedBall is a large red ball (obviously) made of PVC that moves from city to city (and in Scottsdale within the city) and sits in various locations awaiting interaction. Or not. The Red Ball is public art and an experiment in human interaction. From what we read, as the ball has visited such ports of call as Portland, Sydney and Barcelona, some folks gently touch it while others try and pound on it. Part of the fun over the next few days will be observing the Red Ball locally (and how folks in these parts interact with it) as it moves from downtown Scottsdale to a skate park up near our part of the city to a new library to … well, you will have to tune in later to see where it’s headed next and how it fared.

We were lucky enough to meet Kurt Perschke, the artist behind the RedBall Project.  This first clip has some thoughts from Perschke on the RedBall Project.