2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar

First of all, I had no idea the world cups had their own imdb pages, otherwise, I would have written this review much earlier.

While I'm not exactly a big fan of soccer (Or at least, not a fan of watching soccer on tv) I had no problem with people liking it.

But the monstrous exploitation of migrant workers and other human right violations happening prior and during the world cup is something that simply cannot be ignored: The fact that many of these violations had been widely reported while the world simply had decided to ignore them in the name of sports fanaticism is just plain sick.

This atrocious world cup is just yet another example of FIFA's corruption.

About 6500 workers have died on World Cup construction sites: How can people continue acting as if nothing happened?

Who cares who wins this rotten cup. The real loser was mankind.

There is no doubt that the 2022 FIFA World Cup final will go down as one of the most corrupt sporting events in history. The process by which Qatar was awarded the hosting rights is riddled with allegations of bribery and vote-buying, and the country has been accused of using slave labor to build its World Cup infrastructure.

Argentina was clearly set to be protected and made to win since the very first game, where all plays were whistled in favor of argentina and any fault ended in a verbal warning or a direct yellow card. Messi was chosen to be the new god for the masses since soccer is in a dark hole. Cristiano was left aside because he refused to become a puppet.

The world cup final 2022 was whistled by a rigged ref team that at the first opportunity whistled a none existent penalty kick and more than eight none existing fauls in favor of argentina. This is clearly the end of FIFA.

I am writing this after the final and this game was the only game this wc needed. It was one of the most dramatic world cup ever and this wc had the most goals of all time.

Apologize for my somewhat late reply. I was working against the clock to finish my work for our upcoming exhibition and therefore I didn't have the time to follow up on our correspondence until now. As you probably know, creating art is a nerve-wracking activity, which requires full dedication and therefore is a fulltime occupation. As always, I have been working solitary nightshifts exploring the depths of my mind in an attempt to reveal the undercurrent of my psyche.

Previously, you asked me if I could send you an artist biography of 100 words or 500 letters as quickly as possible. Unfortunately I did not succeed at this task, as 100 words seem too concise to describe my work and really would be limiting to the complexity of my artistic practice. Therefore, 500 letters seems to me the best idea. But, since this will take much more time than currently available, I'm forced to ask for a postponement.

In the meantime, I have created this application that from now on will take over these inessential tasks for me and I hope this can be a useful tool for artists who find themselves in a similar situation.

In anticipation of our further correspondence, you can consider this my first letter.

Sincerely,

Jasper Rigole

P. S. I would like to thank Peter Morrens and Rik de Boe and the artists who exhibited at Voorkamer for the use of their texts, Elias Heuninck for doing the programming, Emi Kodama for editing the text and The University College Ghent, KASK for their kind support.