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 A 90-minute movie of soccer star Zinedine Zidane is one of three exhibitions currently featured at the Glenbow Museum. The piece is a collaboration between Scottish artist Douglas Gordon and Algerian filmmaker Phillippe Parreno. The pair used 17 cameras to track Zidane’s every move during a 2005 match between Real Madrid and Villarreal.

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