Football is a mass phenomenon, a game that moves and electrifies people on different continents. For many fans, the game is a great passion and is sometimes even equated with a religion. Football players and coaches are the idols of many people around the world.
Sport is closely intertwined with many areas of society and therefore often acts as a mirror of society. Time and again, football is the starting point for social discourse, for example on the marketing and commercialisation of sport, diversity or the violation of human rights surrounding the World Cup in the desert state of Qatar at the end of 2022.

The exhibition "The Hand of God" reflects on the game of football, which inspires millions of people and brings cultures together, and is used both positively and negatively by politicians as a mood-setter.

Artistic direction: Janusz Czech, Lisa Schlenker (assistance)

Discussion round from the vernissage 7.10.2022, 7 pm at A.K.T; with:

Ronny Blaschke, journalist, author and presenter (e.g. Machtspieler - Fußball in Propaganda, Krieg und Revolution), Shary Reeves, presenter (e.g. Wissen macht ah!) and former footballer, and Klaus Theweleit, cultural theorist and author (e.g. Männerphantasien, Tor zur Welt. Fußball als Realitätsmodell)
Moderation: Nora Hespers freelance journalist and presenter of the Sport inside podcast, WDR

arrtist duo (Nathalie Franz,
Alexander Suvorov),
Enrico Bach,
Mohamed Badarne,
Arcadia Blank,
Ronny Blaschke,
"Cards of Qatar" (11Freunde & BLANKSPOT),
Torsten Körner,
Yulia Lokshina,
Gilles Perez & Gilles Rof,
Jakob Preuss,
Jean-Christophe Rose,
André Schäfer,
Subash Thebe,
Ümit Uludağ

Daily changing films:

24.-27.11.2022
Cinema Paradiso OG2
Thursday, 24.11.2022            "You'll Never Walk Alone", documentary film (99 min.)
Friday, 25.11.2022                  "Maradona, the golden boy", documentary film (93 min.)
Saturday, 26.11.2022                "ultrAslan - AVRUPA", documentary film (80 min.)
Sunday, 27.11.2022                "Diamantino", Comedy (92 min.)

Cinema Paradiso OG3
Thursday, 24.11.2022            "BLACK EAGLE", documentary film (100 min.)
Friday, 25.11.2022                  "Women's football in Kabul - A goal for freedom", documentary/reportage (43 min.)
Saturday, 26.11.2022                "The Other Chelsea - A story from Donetsk", documentary film (87 min.)
Sunday, 27.11.2022                "Rebels on the ball", documentary film (92 min.)

01.-04.12.2022
Cinema Paradiso OG2
Thursday, 01.12.2022           "Women's football in Kabul - A goal for freedom", documentary/reportage (43 min.)
Friday, 02.12.2022                  "The Other Chelsea - A story from Donetsk", documentary film (87 min.)
Saturday, 03.12.2022                "Diamantino", Comedy (92 min.)
Sunday, 04.12.2022                "Maradona, the golden boy", documentary film (93 min.)

Cinema Paradiso OG3
Thursday, 01.12.2022            "ultrAslan - AVRUPA", documentary film (80 min.)
Friday, 02.12.2022                  "BLACK EAGLE", documentary film (100 min.)
Saturday, 03.12.2022                "You'll Never Walk Alone", documentary film (99 min.)
Sunday, 04.12.2022                "Rebels on the ball", documentary film (92 min.)

Football and art in the exhibition "The Hand of God" in Pforzheim
SWR News
from Martin Besinger
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/hand-gottes-ausstellung-pforzheim-100.html

Football and art in the exhibition "The Hand of God" in Pforzheim
SWR4 BW
from Peter Lauber
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe/hand-gottes-ausstellung-pforzheim-100.html