Issue 20
Working Class Ballet: Fragments on Football
Featuring a dossier on football and philosophy: Simon Critchley on the working class ballet, three-sided football and triolectics, and the art of the beautiful game.
In this issue
Articles marked in green form our special dossier on football and philosophy.
1
We Will Not Be Silenced (No Nos Callarán)
Vijay Prashad reads Fanon on the fate of the postcolonial nation — why the masses’ victory does not guarantee liberation, and why they will not be silenced.
8 min read
2
Meditation on July Fourth
A poem by Francesco Cincotta — my country moves on, shot, into another zone.
3 min read
3
To Contend With the Heart in Winter
A poem by Qalandar Bux Memon, for Sushi Anarkali, with illustration by Ayaz Jokhio.
4 min read
4
THE FOOTBALL DOSSIER
Working Class Ballet: Fragments on Football
Simon Critchley on hope, injustice and the experience of the beautiful game. Illustrations by Zoe Taylor.
12 min read
5
THE FOOTBALL DOSSIER
On Three-Sided Football, Triolectics and World Space(s)
Stephanie Bailey on Asger Jorn’s triolectics and the anarchic three-goal game where rules are made in play.
15 min read
6
THE FOOTBALL DOSSIER
Solidarity, Above All
Stephanie Bailey and Josh Hon in conversation — art practice, Hong Kong, and the movement from ‘I am better than you’ towards enjoyment together.
10 min read
7
THE FOOTBALL DOSSIER
Arsenal Supporters and Legendary Players
Biagio Mastroianni’s ink-and-watercolour portraits — supporters outside old Highbury in 1932 and the legends of the game.
3 min read