Radio workshop. Phantom Goal.
Marc Anglès as part of Art Territori Data (ATD). 17th March
4.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. at Fàbrica de Creació Fabra i Coats
Advance registration required by emailing:
The workshop, led by artist Marc Anglès, invites participants to tell the story of the only four images that document Geoff Hurst's phantom goal in the 1966 World Cup final. As if they were a group of sports journalists, participants will contribute their interpretations, which will be compared with the results of a previous analysis of this play carried out using artificial intelligence. In this way, the intangibility and timelessness of the voice interpreting subjective images will return to the field of play to question the efficiency of certain new technologies in sports.
The session will take place in a rehearsal space at the Fábrica de Creación Fabra i Coats, equipped with a sound recording system. In addition, the workshop will be documented through photographs, sound recordings, and videos. The results will form part of the project's future website. No knowledge of football is required.
This workshop by Marc Anglès on his project Gol Fantasma( Phantom Goal) is part of the Art Territori Data (ATD) programme.
With Gol Fantasma( Phantom Goal), Anglés attempts to enter the unattainable, intangible, and speculative territory of bar conversations, sports gatherings, and intermissions, in which the game’s narrative and its protagonists become a social phenomenon which exceeds its ninety minutes duration. The project, far from obtaining a response - is it a goal or not?- seeks to generate an absurd body of data, so absurd that the (supposedly objective) machine cannot pass judgment and ends up making a sporting chronicle of its own failure, extending once again beyond the playing field.
Marc Anglès is an artist, investigator, and teacher. He is also a disbeliever who seeks to be a believer. His artistic practice leads him to "feel" the insides of electronic devices with the objective of understanding the technique of a contemporary religion: technology. These acts, considered as being impure, open a lateral wound capable of answering questions, but also of articulating new ones which permanently boost their projects and their faith.
Art Territory Data generates a framework for reflection and research about the idea of alternate territories, in reference to places, media, and the positioning of artistic practice.
This framework answers the need to promote the understanding of visual culture, and the exchange of knowledge from plural spaces of action and delocalised or transperipheral spaces, which help expand the action and dissemination of cultural content beyond traditional circuits.
Cuenta con el soporte del Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya y Ajuntament de Barcelona.