3 Voids: Ink, charcoal, and intervention on paper, 90 x 120 cm, 2016
NOUVELLE RELIGION (NEW RELIGION)
Today, football stands as an improvised contemporary religion, a true unifying tool. This project was born from an incomprehension of this global union surrounding the phenomenon of football and its influence on the masses. Through a transdisciplinary approach, New Religion begins a redefinition of the concept of religious precepts that, throughout history, have brought masses together.
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NOUVELLE RELIGION (NEW RELIGION)
Today, football stands as an improvised contemporary religion, a true unifying tool. This project was born from an incomprehension of this global union surrounding the phenomenon of football and its influence on the masses. Through a transdisciplinary approach, New Religion begins a redefinition of the concept of religious precepts that, throughout history, have brought masses together.
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NOUVELLE RELIGION (NEW RELIGION)
Today, football stands as an improvised contemporary religion, a true unifying tool. This project was born from an incomprehension of this global union surrounding the phenomenon of football and its influence on the masses. Through a transdisciplinary approach, New Religion begins a redefinition of the concept of religious precepts that, throughout history, have brought masses together.
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New Religion - To Break 3 - 74 x 110 cm / 2010
FOOTBALL'S ALLURE AND SOCIAL VOID
Concerned about the potentially worrisome effects of this sport, El Gotaibi questions the irrational adoration it inspires, attempting to identify the void that exists in societies in which football is practiced as devoutly as any faith. Telephage, time-consum 1 ing, and a phagocyte of the mind, "soccer games have been able to create communion and synergy between people where religions have failed."
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FOOTBALL'S ALLURE AND SOCIAL VOID
Concerned about the potentially worrisome effects of this sport, El Gotaibi questions the irrational adoration it inspires, attempting to identify the void that exists in societies in which football is practiced as devoutly as any faith. Telephage, time-consum 1 ing, and a phagocyte of the mind, "soccer games have been able to create communion and synergy between people where religions have failed."
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FOOTBALL'S ALLURE AND SOCIAL VOID
Concerned about the potentially worrisome effects of this sport, El Gotaibi questions the irrational adoration it inspires, attempting to identify the void that exists in societies in which football is practiced as devoutly as any faith. Telephage, time-consum 1 ing, and a phagocyte of the mind, "soccer games have been able to create communion and synergy between people where religions have failed."
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Gathered Ball: 74 x 110 cm / 2010
THE BALL AS WEAPON
Compared to the fruit of the original sin, the football transforms into a weapon of mass destruction, rolling across the world map to better mark it with its sharp points. In an intervention presented as a photograph, the artist stages a form of sacrifice where he explodes a concrete ball, which can evoke both the apple and the terrestrial sphere.
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THE BALL AS WEAPON
Compared to the fruit of the original sin, the football transforms into a weapon of mass destruction, rolling across the world map to better mark it with its sharp points. In an intervention presented as a photograph, the artist stages a form of sacrifice where he explodes a concrete ball, which can evoke both the apple and the terrestrial sphere.
read more
THE BALL AS WEAPON
Compared to the fruit of the original sin, the football transforms into a weapon of mass destruction, rolling across the world map to better mark it with its sharp points. In an intervention presented as a photograph, the artist stages a form of sacrifice where he explodes a concrete ball, which can evoke both the apple and the terrestrial sphere.
read more
3 Full: Ink, charcoal, and intervention on paper, 90 x 120 cm, 2016
3 Full: Ink, charcoal, and intervention on paper, 90 x 120 cm, 2016
Green stadium: charcoal and intervention on paper, 70 x 94 cm, 2016
Green stadium: charcoal and intervention on paper, 70 x 94 cm, 2016
