Episode 20: Jeremy John Kaplan on Giving Back to Basketball

Jeremy John Kaplan is a Brooklyn based artist and longtime fan and player of the game of basketball. His Gold Nets Project, where he hangs gold spray painted basketball nets on hoops that are without or have unusable nets, has spread far and wide, starting in Philadelphia, moving to New York City, along the US-Mexico border and in other countries. He sees the gesture of hanging the net as a way of giving back to the game of basketball, a game that has given him incredible experiences and joy since he was a child. This Gold Nets project, spanning the boundaries of art and sports, was recently featured in both Hyper Allergic and SLAM Magazine (see links below for both of those pieces). Jeremy and I share a lot in common; a love for basketball in combination with a love for cyanotypes (say what?!), a desire to engage with communities through our art, and keeping "net change kits" on hand as much as possible. The opportunity to speak about the similarities (and differences) of our processes felt good! And I believe it will benefit us both as we continue on. To see Jeremy's work click https://www.goldnetsproject.com. Read about his work here: https://www.slamonline.com/the-magazine/gold-nets-project/ And here: https://hyperallergic.com/525352/an-artist-is-installing-hundreds-of-golden-nets-on-community-basketball-courts/ Follow him on Instagram @jeremyjohnkaplan and @goldnetsproject And for the love of all things ball/ art related, please rate and review this (d*mn) podcast. Thank you!! This podcast was edited and produced by Eliseo Casiano.