Ernst Lurker, Rolicus Supporting Subject: The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (2009), a neo-classical work and a gift by the French. The red sphere is strictly a playful concept and does not compete with the Red Ball Project by New York artist Kurt Perschke. Most PlayArt Concepts are playful pranks and an essential part of "Our Playful Culture of the 21st Century". They will hardly ever be materialized. The term was conceived by experts of the academic discipline "Play Research", foremost by Prof. Brian Sutton-Smith (1924 to 2015), Columbia University.