FUSSBALLABALLA: Quarter Final 3–4 by ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics

From July 2–11, 2021, ZK/U in Exile organizes FUSSBALLABALLA, a program around the postponed European Football Championship 2020. As a non-commercial public screening format for the neighborhood, FUSSBALLABALLA shows football matches in alternative settings in Kassel, accompanied by a critical and discursive program before, during, and after the matches. Apart from the fun of the game, FUSSBALLABALLA screens films and hosts conversations and performances questioning the idea of how groups find their face and space within dominant narratives of the football world.

As lumbung member of documenta fifteen, ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik is moving its activities to Kassel during the expansion of its Berlin space. FUSSBALLABALLA takes place in collaboration with documenta fifteen and Kassel initiatives Dynamo Windrad e.V. and Streetbolzer e.V.

Collectivity wins

Every now and then nations without individual stars win the tournament. They are then called ‘team’ and the collective effort is emphasized. The individual bodies of the players become part of a collective body. Collectivity has a high reputation in sports. But does the collective effort of horizontal communities outside the game get the recognition it deserves? Day two of FUSSBALLABALLA takes to the streets and through the narratives of today’s host Streetbolzer e.V., we tell stories of collective resistance and gaining recognition against all odds.