Fútbol is Life

Fri. Dec 2, 2022 Fri. Feb 3, 2023

Fútbol is life in every way possible—shared energy, community, collaboration, but also disparity, corruption. 

Fútbol is love. Fútbol is black, white, gay, straight, bi, brown, queer.

Fútbol is death, slavery, bigotry. Fútbol is togetherness and opposition. Fútbol is life.

Every four years, the globe gathers for the World Cup. The event is a perfect metaphor for collaboration and its antithesis. FIFA and Qatar can play host, mired in controversy, but they don’t own the game. The people do. So let’s take it back: transpose it, invert it, and make it our own.

In December, Public Works is celebrating the best parts of the game, transforming our Chicago gallery into a site of global and local community-building. We’re facilitating collaborations from an international cohort of artists, screening select World Cup matches on our giant projection wall (bleachers and all), and gamifying the gallery for players of all ages, offering a fun and safe space for art & soccer enthusiasts to gather and exchange. Fútbol is life. It’s better together.

Crest Artists
Baptiste Alchourroun (France)
Pap Souleye Fall (Senegal/USA)
David Heo (USA)
Fuko Ito (Japan/USA)
Lina Müller (Switzerland)
Mara Piccione (The Netherlands)
CHema Skandal! (Mexico/USA)
Ewelina Skowronska (Poland/Japan)

Mural Artists
Pouya Ahmadi (Iran/USA)
Vida Sačić (Croatia/USA)

Poster Designs
Sabrina Siegel
DALL·E 2
Freddy Eschrich
Anton Jeludkov
Kara Hamilton
Nick Butcher

Exhibition

World Cup Game Viewing @ Public Works Gallery
World Cup Game Viewing @ Public Works Gallery
Crest Remix Posters by Someoddpilot designers
Crest Remix Posters by Someoddpilot designers
Fútbol is Life Opening Party
Fútbol is Life Opening Party
Pouya Ahmadi (Iran/USA) - Mural Installation
Pouya Ahmadi (Iran/USA) - Mural Installation
World Cup Game Viewing @ Public Works Gallery
World Cup Game Viewing @ Public Works Gallery
Mural by Vida Sačić
Mural by Vida Sačić
Fútbol is Life Opening Party
Fútbol is Life Opening Party
Crest designs by an international cohort of artists
Crest designs by an international cohort of artists
World Cup Game Viewing @ Public Works Gallery
World Cup Game Viewing @ Public Works Gallery
Fútbol is Life Opening Party
Fútbol is Life Opening Party
Vida Sačić documenting her mural
Vida Sačić documenting her mural

Crest Designs

Baptiste Alchourroun (France) - Crest Design
Pap Souleye Fall (Senegal/USA) - Crest Design
Fuko Ito (Japan/USA) - Crest Design
David Heo (USA) - Crest Design
CHema Skandal! (Mexico/USA) - Crest Design
Ewelina Skowronksa (Poland/Japan) - Crest Design
LIna Müller (Switzerland) - Crest Design
Mara Piccione (The Netherlands) - Crest Design

Crest Remix Posters

Remixed by Freddy Eschrich
Remixed by Freddy Eschrich
Remixed by Kara Hamilton
Remixed by Kara Hamilton
Remixed by DALL·E 2
Remixed by DALL·E 2
Remixed by Sabrina Siegel
Remixed by Sabrina Siegel
Remixed by Nick Butcher
Remixed by Nick Butcher
Remixed by Anton Jedlukov
Remixed by Anton Jedlukov

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