A giant herd of puppet animals raising awareness of the climate crisis and artwork inspired by footballers including Eric Cantona are part of the 10th edition of the Manchester international festival (MIF), whose organisers want visitors to have “a moment to reflect”.
The former Manchester United footballer Juan Mata, the art curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and the writer, filmmaker and curator Josh Willdigg have put together the event’s “set piece”, a celebration of the beautiful game where artists and footballers collaborated on purpose-made artworks.
