Photo Credit: Courtesy of DAVID PUIG SERINYÀ & JOHAN FERNER STRÖM
What started as an interactive art project by Swedish artist Johan Ferner Ström has the potential to become an all-inclusive sport that does not discriminate by age, gender or physical ability. “Puckelball” is an artistic impression of the phenomenon of European football (soccer) and how it resembles the playground of life, which is neither equilateral nor level.
The ball doesn’t go where you want, the different halves of the field are not the same for everybody and the goals are definitely not the same size.
The football field’s injustices are negated by the varying skills and strengths of the players. The unevenness on the field of play makes the game fair in a remarkable way that invites a more imaginative way to play. The possibility to play for girls and boys, old and young, skilled against unskilled, on equal conditions is encouraged.
