Vol. 24 No. 259 (2019)

Art and Soccer in Barracas
It is huge and colorful like the ceiling painting in Rome created by Michelangelo. It is powerful, expressive, brilliant and if we put it in relation to its surroundings, it impacts more by contrast. There is nothing nearby that anticipates what engages the senses.
Albert Camus, Nobel Prize in literature, recalling his experiences as a goalkeeper in a team in Algeria wrote the phrase "what I finally know with greater certainty regarding morals and the obligations of men, I owe it to soccer". Perhaps if he had walked through Barracas and entered that neighborhood gym he would have scribbled a phrase about the understanding of art and its relationship with his favorite sport.
Above, the heavenly painting, below, the ideal place where any player is inspired in every moment and gives an intense meaning to the game of soccer.
Tulio Guterman, Director - December 2019