Henry Gwiazda The football players, moving clouds, passing cars, plane and associated sounds come together to form an intricate multimedia choreography. Through this fusion, I am attempting to create a new kind of sensitivity or perception that encourages the viewer to…
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Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose
Robert Ladislas Derr Robert Ladislas Derr, Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose, 2013. Digital video, 1’19”. Courtesy the artist. I record the act of rolling a stone up a hill, from two vantage points, two times, both achieving and failing…
Level Playing Field
David Cross Level Playing Field, 2013, performance, inflatable structure. All images by and courtesy the artist. Level Playing Field is both an inflatable sport and temporary public artwork commissioned for Scape 7 Public Art, Christchurch, New Zealand in 2013. The…
Considered Compulsion Vaasa
John G. Boehme Still and video from Considered Compulsion Vaasa, 2013, 2-hour performance. Images courtesy Marcus Lerviks. Considered Compulsion Vaasa is part of a larger body of artworks that explore sport as a metaphor for construction, projection, and…
Endgame Strategy (For Vince Lombardi)
Brandon Bauer Brandon Bauer, Endgame Strategy (For Vince Lombardi), 2011/2014, Color, sound, 10’21”. Courtesy the artist. The video Endgame Strategy (For Vince Lombardi) attempts to aesthetically and conceptually tie the endgame modernist strategies of the late 1960s to the competitive…
The Artist Who Plays Basketball
Nathaniel Sullivan The Artist Who Plays Basketball I am an artist who plays basketball. I am an artist who plays basketball and isn’t it funny how I call both things practice? I am an artist who plays basketball and sometimes…
Practicing Play
Germaine Koh League is a project I launched in 2012, which gathers community members to practice play as a process of creative problem solving.[1] It was conceived as a forum for playing invented games and sports, while communicating the serious…
The Liar of Lamoille
Joseph Ramelo There are some basic things that you should know about me. Usually, you pick up a book because it was something that you heard about. Usually, you don’t know what you’re getting yourself into. Gone Girl? Becky in…
Matt Hern in Conversation with Elizabeth Spavento
Elizabeth Spavento Matt Hern is a Canadian activist and writer who argues for a more active engagement with sports, physically and intellectually, as a spectator and participant. A former sports writer, Hern asks why sports, with immense power and mass…
A Pilgrim’s Progress: An Interview with Anna Wittenberg
Joshua West Smith Plan of the labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France. Research image. Athleticism and Art. They are not wholly dissimilar undertakings and they do not stand apart in the canon. Athleticism is obtained through a practicing, a methodical…