October 10, 2023
A lot of balls
A lot of balls
100 Balls, 100 Creators
A collective reinterpretation of a universal symbol
One hundred footballs, one hundred creators—brought together to reinterpret a universal symbol in a singular, unprecedented collection.
Presented in the context of the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Mexico, and led by Galería Ricardo Reyes at Magda San Ángel, the exhibition is developed in collaboration with designer Ricardo Casas.
More than 100 Voit footballs are reimagined by Mexican creators across disciplines—art, design, architecture, and illustration—each offering a distinct perspective while celebrating Mexico on a global stage.
Opening April 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM, the exhibition will travel to multiple venues across the city and conclude with a charity auction benefiting Fundación Origen, supporting women and families through programs that address violence and poverty.
Collaboration with Ricardo Reyes + Fundación Origen + Voit Mexico
Artwork ( description by me about the ball I painted )
…Is in the Air?
Anastasia Shi × Mexico World Cup 2026
Created in the context of the FIFA World Cup 2026, co-hosted by Mexico, …Is in the Air? transforms the football into a vessel of invisible intensities—a living archive of emotions in motion.
As players move across the field, what circulates is not only strategy or skill, but stored emotional states: anxiety before a decisive pass, heartbreak from private life, euphoria, rage, fear. These emotions do not disappear; they accumulate and travel through the air with every touch.
Shi suggests that the stadium is charged long before the opening whistle. The ball absorbs what cannot be publicly expressed—holding tension and desire, fragility and force—and revealing football as a deeply human ritual where vulnerability and power coexist.
The question mark in the title is key: what is in the air—victory, pressure, collective memory, or the silent emotional labor of those performing before millions?
By monumentalizing the ball as an emotional reservoir, Anastasia Shi reframes the global spectacle as an intimate psychological landscape, where the most decisive battles remain unseen.