About this artwork
This film follows in real time the movements of the celebrated ex-captain of the French national football team, Zinédine Zidane, during a match between his Spanish club Real Madrid and Villareal. For the entirety of the match Gordon and Parreno trained seventeen synchronised cameras on Zidane alone, using different types of film and placed in various positions around the stadium. The result is a concentrated and absorbing study which offers a unique perspective on the legendary player’s contribution to the match, contrasting bursts of furious activity with long periods of intense mental and emotional focus. Presented as a double projection, the viewpoint of the audience is altered emphasising both artists’ interest in new ways of looking at something that may seem familiar.
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title:Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
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accession number:GMA 4813
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materials:Film
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date created:2005 - 2006
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credit line:Purchased 2006
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photographer:Antonia Reeve Antonia Reeve
Douglas Gordon
Philippe Parreno
Douglas Gordon
Gordon was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art, London. He has worked in video, photography, sound, text and other media and uses predominantly 'found' material. Gordon is fascinated by our binary nature and our tendency to split things into…
Philippe Parreno
Internationally acclaimed French artist Parreno works in a variety of media, from ‘traditional’ drawing and sculpture, to more contemporary modes of expression such as performance and video. His work often includes, and evolves from, interesting and unusual collaborations with a variety of artists, filmmakers, scientists and curators. Primarily centring on…