Curator: Tessa Praun
The exhibition presenting the work Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait, 2006, by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno opens November 1st. The film shows Zinédine Zidane – often described as one of the great football geniuses of our time – during a match between Real Madrid and Villareal on April 23, 2005. During the 93 minutes of the match Zidane is followed by 17 cameras which show how he at times is enthusiastically engaged in the match, flies across the field and passionately argues with the referee, but also how he distractedly looks around, tests the grass with his shoes and folds his socks over and over again. The ball is hardly ever visible – instead the viewer is engaged in an exceptional study in real time where one at times almost feels like one is on the field right next to Zidane.
