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29 Jun - 16 Jul 2023

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Tino Sehgal presented a playful exchange between different masters of their craft.

A new work by Tino Sehgal premiered at the National Football Museum and the Whitworth as part of MIF23.

Known for artworks composed using exclusively the human body, voice and social interaction, Tino has exhibited his work at the world’s biggest galleries – from New York’s Guggenheim to London’s Tate Modern , Paris’ Palais de Tok︎yo and Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun.

In This entry, Sehgal brought together a group of highly skilled people from very different fields – a footballer, violinist, cyclist and a singer/dancer. Made with the involvement of Juan Mata, This entry was conceived as a playful exchange that communicates across different worlds.

Tino Sehgal creates installations k︎nown as “constructed situations” – drawing on his studies in political economy in Berlin and dance at the Folk︎wang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. His work as an artist focuses on the gestures and subtleties of social encounters, valuing participation and interaction over material objects.

For MIF23, Tino connected the worlds of art and football through This entry, the first work in the The Trequartista – Art and Football United series which continues in the 2025 edition of Manchester International Festival. Co-Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Juan Mata and Josh Willdigg, The Trequartista – Art and Football United teams artists with footballers, inviting them into creative play.

  • This entry feels like true affinity: a dancer, an artistic cyclist, a footballer and a performer who all make meaning through their bodies, and stretch their physical capabilities in order to do something new in the world.

    ArtReview

  • A belief in the transformative power of art unites Reid’s sensational autobiographical work and Sehgal’s meditation on the grace of football.

    The Guardian

  • Footballs and the bicycle, typically out of place in a gallery setting, transform from quotidian objects into surrealist instruments as performers use them to create unusual shapes and acts that blend colloquialism with refinement.

    FRIEZE

Credits

Creative team

Tino Sehgal

Enacted by:

Adela Philippi, Violinist

Dario Guckelsberger, Footballer

Elisabeth Sells, Dancer/Singer

Hanako Hayakawa, Dancer/Singer

Heaven Rietdijk, Footballer

Lea Schaepe, Cyclist

Leah Katz, Dancer/Singer

Moss Beynon Juckes, Violinist

Romina Lederberger, Cyclist

Sandhya Daemgen, Violinist

Sebastian Zaehringer, Cyclist

William Cochart, Footballer

Produced by:

Chris Scherer, Producer

Cora Gianolla, Producer

Commissioning

Commissioned by Factory International, Summer Academy Zollverein, Essen, and Therme Art, with the support of Therme Group.

Produced by Factory International for Manchester International Festival, in association with National Football Museum and the Whitworth, The University of Manchester.

Access Information

The event took place at the National Football Museum and at the Whitworth.

The full address of the National Football Museum is National Football Museum, Urbis Building, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester, M4 3BG.

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The full address of The Whitworth is The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6ER.

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Information for the National Football Museum:

The main entrance to the museum has automatic door access. There is step free access throughout the building, via lift that takes to all floors of the building and ramps to all raised areas.

Wheelchairs are available for public use, free of charge. Please book in advance.

Information for the The Whitworth:

The main entrance for The Whitworth is in front of the building. There is ramped and stepped access at this entrance and the doors open automatically.

The building also has an entrance located at the rear of the building. There is step free access at this entrance.

No doors inside the building have to be opened manually and there is step free access throughout the majority of the building, via lift. Wheelchairs are available for public use.

Information for the National Football Museum:

Accessible toilets are available at the National Football Museum. They are located on the ground floor and levels 1, 2 and 4.

Information for the The Whitworth:

Accessible toilets are available at The Whitworth. They are located in the shop (left on entering the via the main entrance), and on the lower ground floor (on the Oxford Road side) – access to these toilets is by lift.

Assisted toilets facilities are also available.


Venue map

Information for the National Football Museum:

Assistance animals are welcome at the museum, and water bowls are available upon request.

Information for the The Whitworth:

Assistance Dogs are welcome in the gallery.

Information for the National Football Museum:

Induction loops are located at the reception and information desk.

Information for the The Whitworth:

The Main reception is equipped with a portable hearing loop.

The Grand Hall, which hosts conferences, talks, and workshops is fitted with hearing loops.

Travel Information

The closest stations to the National Football Museum are:

Manchester Victoria station: 0.1 miles

St Peter’s Square tram: 0.7 miles

Manchester Piccadilly station: 0.9 miles

Click on the links above to find detailed access information for each station.

Piccadilly Station is a 20-minute walk (0.9 miles) to the museum. Alternatively, you can take a short Metrolink tram ride to Victoria Station and then a 2-minute walk (0.1 miles) to the National Football Museum entrance.

The closest stations to The Whitworth are:

Manchester Oxford Road train station: 1.1 miles

St Peter’s Square tram: 1.4 miles

From the stations you can take a bus or a short taxi ride to The Whitworth.

Click on the links above to find detailed access information for each station.

Information for the National Football Museum:

There is a bus stop (Printworks stop NP) right outside the museum on Corporation Street served by many different routes. Bus: 100, 135, 2, 41, 59.

The free city centre Metroshuttle service number 2 stops at the museum and links directly to Deansgate and Oxford Road train stations as well as other Metroshuttle services.

Information for the The Whitworth:

The 15, 41, 42, 43, 140 , 141, 142 and 143, 147 buses stop near The Whitworth. Ask for the bus stop nearest to Manchester Royal Infirmary on Oxford Road (this is opposite The Whitworth).

Information for the National Football Museum:

There are 18 bike parking spaces on Withy Grove, Manchester M4 3AQ

Information for the National Football Museum:

There are 8 bike parking spaces on Urbis Building Cathedral Gardens, Todd St, Manchester M4 3BG

Information for the National Football Museum:

Q-Park Deansgate – 0.4 miles away from museum. Has 23 accessible bays.

Q-Park Deansgate North, 2 Chapel St, Manchester M3 7WJ

Accessible Parking:

Market street (5 bays) – 0.2 miles (Opposite Marks and Spencer)

Denmark Road is directly adjacent to the gallery and has step-free access to both the Park Side and Oxford Road entrances. There are a total of 5 disabled bays, 9 spaces for car/bus drop-off and 7 double yellow line areas, which can be used by blue badge holders along Denmark Road.

Find more information in The Whitworth’s Getting here section

Parkside Entrance: 3 gallery-designated disabled bays are directly beside the park entrance along Denmark road. A short step-free path from the park gates leads you to the Parkside

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