Muybridge: reading a run.
An 1887 sequence turns a single athletic action into a series of still images.
001 / ORIGINS / COMBAT
The body as an image.
Four thousand years before the replay, movement found a place on the wall. Our publication begins with the images behind its name.
01 / Latest
ALL STORIES ↗
Stadiums and museums.
Two places for gathering. A proposition about attention, devotion and cultural memory.
The object after the game.
A jersey, a card, a trophy. An editorial reflection on what we keep when the action is over.
02 / The Game
ART ON THE FIELD
Jonas Wood: the court as a frame.
A playing surface becomes a structure for painting. Looking at the tennis courts of Jonas Wood.
David Hammons: above the game.
Higher Goals turns the familiar basketball hoop into a question about aspiration and access.
03 / PeopleThe people
The people
in play.
Artists, athletes and the minds moving between worlds.
MEET THE PEOPLE ↗04 / ObjectsThe object.
The object.
The memory.
The meaning.
What happens when a thing leaves the field and enters a collection?
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05 / Field Notes
OBSERVATIONS & DISCOVERIESMuybridge: reading a run. ↗
06 / Archive & OriginsA name.
A name.
Four thousand
years in motion.
Named after the ancient Egyptian site where some of the earliest monumental images of athletic movement still survive.
Art and sport have shared bodies, images and rituals for millennia. We explore that relationship today.
WHY BENI HASAN ↗