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Sports and art united in ‘Infinite Games’<\/h4>\n\n
If you look closely, you’ll notice that the depiction of a basketball is repeated in the mural – a tribute to basketball, which is a crucial part of GAME’s everyday life. Sport in general has been an important source of inspiration for the work. Here, Anton Ian Nielsen explains how he sees art and sport as connected:<\/p>\n\n
“Art and sport have in common that the framework is defined by materials or rules of the game. Then you are free to play or express yourself. If you think it’s cool, you keep doing it. If not, you stop. If it’s fun, it’s often because you find ways to do things your own way; you find a certain freedom in the set framework of the game or activity,” he says and continues:<\/p>\n\n
“An infinite game is one where the goal is not necessarily fixed, but you keep going because of the joy of the challenge. Hence the name: ‘Infinite Games’. An invitation to enter a space you don’t want to leave.” <\/p>\n\n
At GAME, the atmosphere is filled with children and young people pursuing their passion for street basketball, street football, dance and parkour. They’ve entered a space they don’t want to leave again, and that’s the mood the mural tries to capture. <\/p>\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n This mural is more than just colors on a wall – with his brushstrokes, Anton Ian Nielsen is trying to convey messages of freedom and connection.<\/p>\n\n “The work should inspire you to step into another world. A world where you can be yourself in a new way and make new connections,” says Anton Ian Nielsen about the deeper meaning behind his artwork. <\/p>\n\n “My work is often about making connections between characters, shapes, colors and ideas. With the work ‘Infinite Games’, I try to show the connections that urban sports and activities can create between the players and on a societal level, bridging the otherwise unconnected,” he explains.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n The artwork was made possible thanks to the support of paint retailer Fl\u00fcgger Farver. With wall paint in particularly green, pink and orange tones, they gave free rein to the artist. <\/p>\n\n “At Fl\u00fcgger, colors and creativity are very close to our hearts. We love the things that make the world more colorful,” says Mia Elisabeth Tvenge, Creative Manager at Fl\u00fcgger Farver and Head of SVP Marketing at Fl\u00fcgger Farver, Peter M\u00f8llebjerg Andersen adds: <\/p>\n\n “That’s why we choose to support the artists of tomorrow whenever we can. When they create things that tell their stories and create something that makes a difference.”<\/p>\n\n You can see the mural at GAME at the location of GAME Streetmekka Copenhagen, a paved street sports house at Enghavevej 82 in Copenhagen. <\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n\n Anton Ian Nielsen is a Danish artist who comments on his time using symbols and icons from popular culture. He often creates works with a sense of humor and uses a colorful palette that draws inspiration from art history, graphic design, street art and popular culture. His works often depict animals and people in existential situations. Fin out more on Instagram: @anton_ian<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The mural ‘Infinite Games’ saw the light of day during Art Nordic’s ARTUNITES exhibition in September 2023. The artist behind it is Anton Ian Nielsen, and he invites us to explore a world where games create new connections and freedom. The artwork was made possible thanks to support from Fl\u00fcgger Farver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":659,"featured_media":4408224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,84],"tags":[],"ug_messe":[],"class_list":["post-4408265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-in-life","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"oversigt":false,"overskrift_oversigt_en":"","udstilling_kommentar":false,"filterquery_kommentar":"udvalgte","filterquery":"","kommentarer_rute":false,"visning":"element_presentation_list","bredde_logo_listevisning":"150|125|100","kommentarer_janej":false,"bredde_kommentar":"50|50|100","overskrift_kommentarer_janej":false,"overskrift_kommentar":"","vaelg_udstillere_moduler":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4408265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4408224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4408265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4408265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4408265"},{"taxonomy":"ug_messe","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-nordic.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ug_messe?post=4408265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Step into a world of freedom and connection<\/h4>\n\n
When art makes a difference<\/h4>\n\n
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