Intitial Research

we began by looking into previous work centered around observing people. during this process we came across the work: 'a 21st century portrait' by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno. the work itself is a film centered around Zinedine Zidane - a footballer who at the time was considered the most influential player in the world. as the title would suggest zidane is the only subject or 'character' in the film, and was interesting to us as it shows how we view things in different ways - and that in watching a football match in which Zidane is only a small part you see a football match but when you watch a player, you see a man, you see what that man does, how he reacts in certain situations and thus you gain a better understanding of who that man is.