Numero Ventitre
(2002)

This third experience continues to draw on memories and dreams of childhood and adolescence. This time we touch on a kind of archetypal boy's dream: to play in the final of the World Football Championship, which for most of us only comes true in the playground or in front of the mirror. This thirst for recognition of any normally constituted teenager is akin to that of the Italian émigré (in this case second-generation) who imagines saving the homeland of his ancestors with a sublime athletic gesture.
There are still options to be defined, but the concept is simple. Massimo Furlan will "play" alone on the pitch for 2 x 45 minutes (but without the ball). Jean-Jacques Tillmann (an icon of French-speaking sports commentary) will be in the stands with a video of the 1982 Final between Italy and Germany, which he will commentate live "by integrating" the Furlan player (11th or 12th player in the Squadra Azzurra, this has not yet been decided). This player will have his own fantasized biographical elements, which are still a little hazy at the moment (art school in Turin, chance meeting on the bus with coach Bearzot; or player with a dazzling career in small teams until consecration, etc.).