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By SHOWstudio, 13:48 Fri 13 Jun 2008
If you didn't quite manage to jet-set it to Basel for the art community's own World Cup at the beginning of the month, fear not! Our 1-1 Art of Football exhibition may be over, but you can still enjoy it from the comfort of your own computer screen thanks to our Exhibition Gallery. The latest addition to our 1-1 project is a series of panoramic views that allow you to delve - virtually - into every nook and cranny of the exhibition space.
By Penny Martin, 11:01 Mon 09 Jun 2008
In his supporting statement, Patrik Söderstam said he intended his spiritual 1-1 artwork to communicate 'how serious and important football can be'. He'll be pleased he treated the challenge with such zeal, as Nick Knight and Nike's design director Jesse Leyva have just announced Patrik as the overall winner of the 1-1 contest! Believing him to have best adhered to the initial brief and have produced a work most appropriate to collaborating on a Nike Dunk, they have asked us to pass on their congratulations to Patrik and all the 1-1 finalists, whose contributions to the exhibition in Basel did us proud. Well done, team!
By Studio, 17:50 Thu 05 Jun 2008
With the NIKE 1-1 Art of Football exhibition kicking off this Wednesday, we are finally able to unveil the work of our Premier League of 1-1 associates in our latest Gallery. Plucked from across the globe, their work - whether photographic, illustrative or even inflatable - displays all the skill, tactical discipline and fancy-footwork of the world-class players our associates are. Inspired and inspiring, this latest addition to our project offers a tantalising taste of what is to come in the 1-1 exhibition slated for Basel later this week. But please, no dribbling...
By Penny Martin, 16:29 Thu 05 Jun 2008
When Rikki (ROK5008) mounted his canvas in the gallery this morning -an intricate patchwork of shiny leather facets- and we saw him produce no more than a fistful of marker pens to create his image, I thought we might be in for a long night before the ink would take. But Rikki works fast! Those of you who followed our live webcast of him at work will have already observed that he deviated from his initial proposal to sketch the gruesome Stuart Pearce, or the perhaps even less picturesque Brian Clough. Instead, he went with world number one, the NIKE-friendly Ronaldo, who is far easier on the eye as I'm sure you'll agree. And...he's already finished! Just in time for a quick Swiss ale before the private view begins.
By SHOWstudio, 13:31 Thu 05 Jun 2008
In typical SHOWstudio fashion, we would of course offer our loyal viewers nothing less than a front-row seat in the stands for our 1-1 exhibition - but this time, there's a twist. From 14.30 Basel time (right about now in the UK), watch the kick-off as ROK5008 puts paint to paper - or rather, to his undulating 'canvas' of compressed leather footballs - and his final piece comes together before your very eyes.
By SHOWstudio, 11:55 Thu 05 Jun 2008
Following the launch of the NIKE 1-1 Art of Football exhibition in Basel yesterday, this afternoon we are hoping to bring you something rather unique. From 14.30 Basel time, watch our live stream as 1-1 finalist ROK5008 (a.k.a. Rikki Marr) creates his Art of Football masterpiece. The above archetypal image of footballing prowess, alongside a rather unconventional canvas of deflated footballs and layered paper advertising posters should give some inkling as to the final work, but stay tuned for more as the day rolls on...
By Paul Hetherington, 15:30 Wed 04 Jun 2008
Rebecca and Mike came to Basel today to check that all was well with their artwork, entitled "Goal": A classic picture frame, made to the dimensions of a full size goalpost.
Crafted by Simon Kenny and his team from the multi-talented premiership league set builders, Souvenir, the frame took six weeks to make and features hand carved details and real gold leaf.
By Paul Hetherington, 16:26 Tue 03 Jun 2008
Some of the exhibitors have come out to Basel to install their Art of Football artwork: Behold Swedish designer and long-time SHOWstudio collaborator Patrik Soderstam assembling his artwork entitled "The Core".
By Paul Hetherington, 13:38 Tue 03 Jun 2008
The sum total of yesterday's exhibition set up was getting a lorry through Swiss customs and managing to unload it. We didn't even have a knife handy to open some of the works and take a look. But Federico, project manager from Italian agency, Sartoria (our creative co-partners), was entirely relaxed about it.
As predicted, today is another story, and a team of specialists are going about the build and set up of 29 works with the sort of cool efficiency you would expect from the Swiss. The grey squares are not a minimalist study in monochrome, nice as it is, but shows a test picture on a 2.5m x 2.5m LED screen, due to feature Sølve Sundsbø's video installation "Freestyle".
Other pictures show glimpses of Rebecca and Mike's "Goal!", Jiggery Pokery's "Just for Kicks" and works by +41, Pfadfinderei, Rae Martini, Patrik Soderstam and Claudio Sinatti.
Look out for more additions to the 1-1 project on SHOWstudio over the next few days.
A reminder that the 1-1 Art of Football exhibition opens tomorrow, June 4, and runs until the 8th. If you are here for Art Basel, please drop by 18 Spitalstrasse between 14:00–20:00 and take a look!
By Studio, 12:00 Mon 02 Jun 2008
Sir Alex Ferguson once said "If you're going to be a footballer, be a great one. If you're going to have a dream, dream big." It seems great minds do think alike, as our 1-1 finalists have certainly pulled out all the stops in creating their art pieces. Whittling down to just legs-eleven entries was no mean feat, and our final selection, showcased in our appropriately titled Finalists Gallery, reflects the incredible variety that has characterised this contest from the get-go. From Jiggery Pokery's self-declared "table football crossed with a bingo machine" (a contraption which would surely benefit any municipal area), to Patrik Soderstam's 'The Core' (I'll never consider Maradona's 'Hand of God' in quite the same light...), to Mizo's anime football fetishism, the only thing you can expect is the unexpected.
By Studio, 11:38 Fri 23 May 2008
Between launching our first batch of 1/1 Favourites and the competition's closing deadline a surge of new recruits have graced the 1/1 Gallery. Our very own creative pundit, Nick Knight has since analysed the talent and the resulting new favourites have been posted.
By Studio, 13:00 Fri 16 May 2008
In the build-up to the final deadline of our 1/1: Art Of Football competition on Sunday 18 May, you can now view a gallery of our favourites, selected from the entries received thusfar. Showing just how wide the brief could potentially be pushed, photography, collage, crafty needlework and even good old-fashioned pen and paper all make appearances - not that we'd expect anything less from the ingenuity of SHOWstudio viewers, of course. And with three precious days left until the closing date for submissions, there's still all to play for.
By Studio, 18:00 Thu 15 May 2008
This 'pitch-perfect' scene of pastoral idyll is Paul Bruty's pick from the current entries to our 1/1: Art Of Football competition, in partnership with NIKE. With the deadline looming large, you have until this Sunday to submit your artwork inspired by the beautiful game. To check out the competition (or perhaps garner some sneaky offside inspiration), all submissions to date can be seen at NIKE's 1/1 website, alongside the form to submit your own masterpiece. From all the works uploaded, 11 winners will be cherry-picked to exhibit at a prestigious ‘1/1’ exhibition at Basel during the city’s art fair this June alongside our own 11 established 1/1 ‘associates’, including SHOWstudio favourites Alice Hawkins, Gareth Pugh, Rebecca and Mike and Sølve Sundsbø. But, as the old adage goes, you’ve got to be in it to win it…
By Studio, 10:00 Wed 16 Apr 2008
In celebration of the beautiful game, Nike and SHOWstudio launch 1-1: Art of Football, inviting you to celebrate your art through football, and your football through art. From today, the field is open for SHOWstudio viewers and the public at large to submit their own work in response to the statement 'Art of Football' and Nick Knight's video brief. The work will be shown on the Nike 1-1 website, a shortlist showcased on SHOWstudio during the course of the project and the best 11 exhibited in Basel during the city's prestigious art fair, along with work from a squad of 11 established creatives selected from around the world. Finally, one piece of art submitted will be immortalised on a limited edition set of Nike Dunks. The competition kicks off today, so for more information go to our project page.
