White jerseys against naked people: In Duisburg there was a special kind of football game. The initiator Gerrit Starczewski wants to set an example with the campaign.
Duisburg – Some in innocent white, others naked: At a football game in Duisburg on Saturday, an action artist had a team in jerseys play against an unclothed team (except for shoes and socks).
Everyone on the pitch is not just a player, but "he is also a kind of performance artist," said the initiator Gerrit Starczewski.
A year ago he had two completely unclothed teams play against each other. This time the contrast attracted him. “The fact that a team plays in jerseys brings out the contrast and the aesthetics of the sober naked body even more intensely,” he explained. In addition, with the game he wanted to set an example against the excessive commercialization of football and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. dpa
