In conjunction with its 100 years jubilee in 2003 the local soccer club voiced a desire for a closer tie with other local, cultural institutions.
The pictures on display here are my humble contribution in a joint venture between the
Ostfold Art Forum (Østfold Kunstnersenter), and the Fredrikstad Football Club (FFK).
The aim of this recently initiated project has been to center on the "playful human
The idea being that at the core of both football and art is the joy of life
- i.e. human playfulness.
To reflect this common denominator the project
was named "Art Onside"
The following clip is taken from:When saturday Comes, the half decent footballmagazine
"The history of football and art is littered with badly proportioned pencil drawings, misty-edged portraits and, on the pitch, mostly miscued overhead kicks that end up leaving their artists flat on the canvas. Once in a while, though, those overhead shots hit the target and we celebrate the beauty, just as the occasional non-playing artist captures something of the game’s elusive but undeniable aesthetic side.
t’s all a matter of taste, of course, and I’m certainly no qualified critic, but the digital art project Art Onside produced by Steinar Rosenberg to commemorate the centenary of the Fredrikstad club in Norway seems to capture a certain grace, colour and movement in their figures that made me think: “I want full-size posters of those. Now. Or at least a set of postage stamps.” Especially with titles such as Gul Spiller and Svart Keeper.
Rosenberg describes the pictures as “my humble contribution” to the joint venture between the club and the local arts centre, whose aim was to centre on “the idea… that at the core of both football and art is the joy of life”. Fans of Carlisle United and Darlington, or even casual observers of Norway’s national side, may want to dispute that appraisal, but the results illustrate the potentially positive outcome of such inventive collaborations."
