Good Sport, Issue 06 – The Prop

Since 2014, we’ve been redefining sports storytelling by looking deeper and listening more closely. Our work ignores the final scores and instead engages with the interplay between people, movement, and community. Through our distinctive lens, we create work that celebrates the nuanced narratives within sporting culture.

In this issue:

Is sport the main event or just the prop? In Issue 06, we look at how sport serves as a backdrop for social movements, community bonds, and artistic expression.

Issue 06 explores the boundary between reality and illusion in sport. From fake props to authentic performances–what’s real and what’s not?

We invite you into a world of thought-provoking, playful pieces through our theme of “Props.” From content and design, right through to paper stock and size, the theme runs through.

Does a high quality wetsuit allow us to be closer to nature, or take us further from it?

FEATURING:

• Jane Stockdale (UK) showcases the theatre of the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow.

• Ted Whitaker (NZ) on post-humanism and the wetsuit as a second-skin.

• Mark Bo Chu (AU) looks at the opposite of winning.

• Kent Andreasen (SA) photographs the sculpture of rock climbing outside of Cape Town.

• Sheridan Wilbur (UK) Talks religion with the Footy Temple.

• Aria McManus (US) Creates a series of hyper-real sporting props.

• Christian Nathler (DK) Witnesses the love and hate of football localism

• Long Prawn (AU) Look for change in the bottom of a Gatorade barrel