Francis Alÿs Movies
- 2004
The Green Line
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In The Green Line, for which the axiom was ‘sometimes the political is poetic, sometimes the poetic is political’, Alÿs walks holding a punctured can...
- 2004
Samples II
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In “Samples II”, Alÿs walks around London with a drum stick in his hand, playing the sounds of metal fences beside him.
- 2004
Railings
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This video performance showcases two works by the artist. In the first, he walks through the streets of London, trailing a wooden drumstick along a se...
- 1997
Paradox of Praxis 1
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For more than nine hours, Francis Alÿs pushes a block of ice through the streets of Mexico City until it completely melts.
- 1997
Patriotic Tales
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The video shows the artist walking in circles around the flagpole (“Madre Patria”) in Zócalo, Mexico City’s monumental central square, which is flanke...
- 2011
Watercolor
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"Mixing water from the Red Sea with water from the Black Sea". Trabzon, Turkey-Aqaba, Jordan, 2010.