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Canchas. spontaneous soccer fields.
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“Canchas” is an anthropological, social and cultural project combining multimedia and local stories to describe “spontaneous soccer fields and their human side” around the world. It is an open and international project to find a new medium of meeting and exchange. It can be seen as one response to the latest trends in the content and web field to combine art, sport and culture in a modern and participative way—online and virtual. The project addresses everybody who is interested in human stories and cultures, in traveling or soccer, in participating or just watching.
The multi-language website www.canchas.org has been online since November 2007. Its 2,700 pictures, 30 video and audio reports from 180 people in 100 countries make “Canchas” the biggest archive of pictures and stories of common soccer in the world.
During the 2008 European Cup, an exhibition was held at the Uefa Fan Camp with up 5 x 3-meter pictures. There was a street performance and various media actions (postcards, competitions) and “Canchas” pictures were digitally presented at public events in Vienna and Innsbruck. Various media in Germany, Austria and Argentina reported the project, and cooperation with journals and newspapers guarantees an ongoing media presence.
The “Canchas” is supervised by international media and IT experts of the proLoka NGO (www. proLoka.org). ProLoka works worldwide in the fields of media and culture, among others, with Unicef and on EU projects.
“Canchas” will organize a series of projects in connection with the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa, internationally and on site. Projects comprise interactive exhibitions, a documentary film, a book, art performances, presentations of “Canchas” of all 64 African countries around the globe and alternative live reporting during the World Cup. From March to October 2009 the project will be presented to selected partners in the fields of media, sponsoring and equipment.
Links: www.canchas.org
The multi-language website www.canchas.org has been online since November 2007. Its 2,700 pictures, 30 video and audio reports from 180 people in 100 countries make “Canchas” the biggest archive of pictures and stories of common soccer in the world.
During the 2008 European Cup, an exhibition was held at the Uefa Fan Camp with up 5 x 3-meter pictures. There was a street performance and various media actions (postcards, competitions) and “Canchas” pictures were digitally presented at public events in Vienna and Innsbruck. Various media in Germany, Austria and Argentina reported the project, and cooperation with journals and newspapers guarantees an ongoing media presence.
The “Canchas” is supervised by international media and IT experts of the proLoka NGO (www. proLoka.org). ProLoka works worldwide in the fields of media and culture, among others, with Unicef and on EU projects.
“Canchas” will organize a series of projects in connection with the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa, internationally and on site. Projects comprise interactive exhibitions, a documentary film, a book, art performances, presentations of “Canchas” of all 64 African countries around the globe and alternative live reporting during the World Cup. From March to October 2009 the project will be presented to selected partners in the fields of media, sponsoring and equipment.
Links: www.canchas.org
The Canchas project was started in 2004 by Andreas Matt and Gaston Silberman, sharing the same enthusiasm about humans being connected through one theme (i.e. football) and stories around common topics (i.e. spontaneous football fields) all around the world. Since November 2007 the multi-language website www.canchas.org has been online. 2,700 pictures, 30 video and audio reports from 180 people in 100 countries were submitted by scouts, mainly from Europe (Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France, Spain), South America (Argentina) and some African and Asian countries (Mozambique, Morocco, Pakistan).