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Ramy Ashour (EGY) vs Omar Elborolossy (EGY)
Bear Stearns Tournament of Champions
Grand Central Station, January 12, 2008
40" x 50", C-print
1 McWil Courtwall, a company specializing in indoor racquet courts and wood athletic floors, built the portable glass court that travels around North America
2 The current Grand Central Terminal building was designed by the firms Reed & Stern and Warren & Wetmore and built between 1903 and 1913
3 Bear Stearns has been the title sponsor of the Tournament of Champions for the past four years
4 On Thursday, March 13, 2008, Bear Stearns lost 10 billion dollars, 80% of its available cash, and informed the Federal Reserve that it would have to file for bankruptcy. In an unprecedented move, the Fed offered Bear Stearns a $30 billion loan and orchestrated a deal in which J. P. Morgan would acquire Bear Stearns at the price of $2 per share (this price was later raised to $10 per share).
Giza Plateau, Egypt (2008)
17" x 25.25", Digital web grab
Original image ©SquashPics
1 The pyramids on the Giza Plateau were built between 2686 and 2498 BC under the orders of the fourth dynasty of Egyptian Pharaohs.
2 After 343 BC, Egypt was governed by a series of foreign powers for 2,400 years, the last of which was Britain. Egypt regained self-rule in 1936 when Gamal Abdul Nasser came to power.
3 The sport of squash was spread throughout the world by the British Empire.
4 The pyramids are the largest tourist attraction in Egypt. Tourism brings in 5 billion dollars of revenue per year or 10% of the country's GDP.
Hitting Walls (2008)
14' x 20' x 10' structure and 12 minute looping sound piece
aluminum studs, plastic sheeting, fluorescent lights, packing tape, audio player, speakers
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