‘footvball/faerie’ (2009)

Petra Cortright ‘footvball/faerie’ , (2009)
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na sua obra audiovisual ‘footvball/faerie’, a artista americana pioneira no movimento net-art é autorretratada fazendo embaixadinhas, vestindo um collant e coberta por uma nuvem magenta adicionada digitalmente.

I literally just failed at everything else. [Laughs] I trained to be a soccer player, initially, but I turned down all the full ride scholarships I got in high school to go to art school instead. My mom was so disappointed in me for doing that, I remember, as an artist herself she was just in the corner face-palming that I would do something so incredibly irresponsible. I sometimes think about whether I should have pursued the soccer route but I don’t have the personality for it. You have to have such a singular focus on the sport, which I lack, and there’s a mental toughness to being an athlete–I’m too nice. Being nice only gets you so far in the world of sports, at some point you have to be ruthless.

Petra Cortright, em ‘SKIPPING CLASS AS PRAXIS’

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