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Mateusz Pecyna

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THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL SPECTACLE IS THE NEW RELIGION ART = SPORT = CAPITAL SPONSORED BY LATE CAPITALISM
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL SPECTACLE IS THE NEW RELIGION ART = SPORT = CAPITAL SPONSORED BY LATE CAPITALISM
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL SPECTACLE IS THE NEW RELIGION ART = SPORT = CAPITAL SPONSORED BY LATE CAPITALISM
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL SPECTACLE IS THE NEW RELIGION ART = SPORT = CAPITAL SPONSORED BY LATE CAPITALISM

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Can soccer prove to be an apt mirror of contemporary culture?

Spectacularity is an inherent characteristic of modern culture. The process of fetishization of records, statistics, and at the same time the pursuit of transgression in every field has become the main exponent of progress in the economy of late capitalism. This also applies to art, increasingly resembling a sports spectacle in which the winner takes it all. So, by analyzing one of the "most important religions of the secularized West," will we be able to get at the fundamental principles governing the world today?

After all, strong gender stereotypes, incessant competition, or the cult of individuals are not just a football field reality. The oppressiveness of these patterns of thinking accompanies us every day on all possible levels, including political and economic ones. The strategy proposed in the exhibition for resisting this situation is humor. Although we won't solve global problems this way, we can at least for a while take control of the course of events. Because sometimes, the best we can do is to laugh off the reality that overwhelms us.

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$57.5B Art Market Value
$41B Football Sponsorships
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??? What's The Point?

About the creators

Mateusz Pecyna

Mateusz Pecyna is a Polish visual artist working with installation, video, objects and sound. Creator of What's the Point?, a project using football as a lens for critical analysis of contemporary culture — competition, spectacle, and technological mediation. He holds an MA in Photography and Multimedia from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, and received the Artistic Scholarship of the City of Łódź (2025).

Łukasz Pawłowski

Łukasz Pawłowski is an intermedia artist and curator, and a member of the curatorial team of the Picture Doc Foundation. His work explores photography in relation to emerging technologies, particularly 3D and AI, with a focus on virtual environments. He works at the intersection of artistic practice, curating, and digital exhibition formats.