Date:

29 February - 12 April 2008

Venue:

Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art

Time:

Exhibition:
09.30 - 17.00
Reception:
Thursday 6 March 18.00 - 20.00

Cost:

Free

View the World Cup of 2006 from every angle, courtesy of film-maker Harun Farocki.

Stills from Deep Play 2007, Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki is a celebrated German film-maker and artist who for decades has explored how cinema and other image technologies affect our understanding of the world. For his first major exhibition in the UK he focuses on football. Deep Play is a huge, 12-screen work offering a dozen different perspectives on the World Cup finals of 2006 which were held in Germany. They amounted to one of the biggest broadcasting events since the millennium, seen by an estimated 1.5 billion people.
In Deep Play, we will see the official footage of football's governing body, FIFA, some footage by the artist and analytical footage showing each player's speed, the extent of his possession of the ball and his shots on goal - in short, what the pundits call total football!

'Deep Play' originated as a collaboration between the artist and Documenta 12, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona (MACBA), DFB Kulturstiftnung Berlin, and FIFA.
Shown as part of AV Festival 08, Curated by Alistair Robinson, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art.