J.K. Ping-Pong Club

1/8Július Koller: JK, Gallery of the Youth, Bratislava, exhibition bulletin with text by Igor Gazdík.

1/8Július Koller: JK, Gallery of the Youth, Bratislava, exhibition bulletin with text by Igor Gazdík.

1/8Július Koller: J.K. Ping-Pong Club (U.F.O.) Environment, 1970, B&W photograph on paper, 18.5 x 21 cm. Photo: Milan Sirkovský (courtesy of Květoslava Fulierová)

1/8Július Koller: J.K. Ping-Pong Club (U.F.O.) Environment, 1970, B&W photograph on paper, 18.5 x 21 cm. Photo: Milan Sirkovský (courtesy of Květoslava Fulierová)

1/8Július Koller: J.K. Ping-Pong Club (U.F.O.) Environment, 1970, B&W photograph on paper, 18.5 x 21 cm. Photo: Milan Sirkovský (courtesy of Květoslava Fulierová)

1/8Július Koller: J.K. Ping-Pong Club (U.F.O.) Environment, 1970, B&W photograph on paper, 18.5 x 21 cm. Photo: Milan Sirkovský (courtesy of Květoslava Fulierová)

1/8Július Koller: J.K. Ping-Pong Club (U.F.O.) Environment, 1970, B&W photograph on paper, 18.5 x 21 cm. Photo: Milan Sirkovský (courtesy of Květoslava Fulierová)

1/8Július Koller: J.K. Ping-Pong Club (U.F.O.) Environment, 1970, B&W photograph on paper, 18.5 x 21 cm. Photo: Milan Sirkovský (courtesy of Květoslava Fulierová)

Since 1965, Július Koller has been dissolving boundaries between sporting and artistic events. In March 1970, he used the independent exhibition space Galéria Mladých to play table tennis with visitors at regular intervals for the duration of the exhibition. For “J. K. Ping-Pong Club,” Koller turned the gallery into a sports club complete with a ping-pong table, sports flags decorated with the initials J.K., and a list of playing conditions posted on the wall.