BOM Magazine
The BOM Magazine, the publication for the Ballet of the Masses project at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), focuses on rare perspectives on football as a field of both tension and relaxation.
The authors tackle the big, small, and supposedly trivial topics, questions, and debates surrounding football in conversations, essays, poetry, and visual essays. The bookazine features a dynamic feel and aesthetic between a football magazine and a paperback, and was developed together with Archive Books. It is lavishly illustrated with photographs and illustrations that offer a bold visual commentary, and in parts contemporary vision, of the world’s favorite sport.
Table of Contents
4
Ballet of the Masses: On Football and Catharsis
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
24
Football Is:
Musa Okwonga, illustrated by Aziza Ahmad
30
Myths of Accuracy
Sara Morais dos Santos Bruss
46
The Team with Hemle (and Eto’o) on its Side
Ntone Edjabe
56
Smoke Machine, Lion, and Jeep
Romeo Roxmann Gatt
60
Mädchen am Ball
Aysun Bademsoy in conversation with Stina Åkerfors, Eric Otieno Sumba, and Can Sungu
74
Kasi Flavour 10
Kabelo Kungwane
100
Kickaround Pitch
Tuğba Tekkal
110
Football ﻛُﺮَﺓُ ﺍَﻟﻘَﺪَﻡِ
Romaisa Baddar
128
Magnolia
Sharon Lam
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136
„Abbiamo un sogno nel cuore – Napoli torna campione“
Julia Büki
142
Girls Will Be Boys
Fadumo Olow
154
Soccer Dad
Daniel Gerhardt
Information
Published by: Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Archive Books, 2024
Languages: English
170 pages
ISBN: 978-3-949973-61-1
Price: 10€
Available: At bookstores, the HKW shop and via the webshop. Available also in German