Football Drawings
The Football Drawings show the ball movements during a soccer game as viewed from above.
The first Football Drawings were produced in 1982.
Each work is an individual "portrait" of a specific game: for instance the final match of the FIFA Worldcup 1986 Argentina versus Germany.
Like a seismographical sketch, the ball movements are drawn simultaneously to the action on the field: individual movements, corners and goals can be recognized as well as the strategy and the relation of strength between the competing teams.
Portugal-Greece, Final Match 2004
Series EURO 2004 in Portugal
Germany vs. Romania
From the complete series "EM 1984", UEFA European Championship, France 1984
At the same time these graphic series are a work of abstract art. Each one displays an aesthetic network of lines, the density of which increases with the energy of the game. This happens in a strict concept of time (90 minutes) and form (football field).
clipped from: www.susken-rosenthal.de 
