Between 2000 and 2010 filmmaker Francis Alÿs has visited the Mexican countryside to chase tornado’s, and filmed his attempts whilst running into the eye of the storm. This resulted in the installation ‘Tornado 2000-10’, which we will present in Arti et Amicitiae. Continue reading Francis Alÿs
In the works on view, which collectively present a picture of life in some of the areas that have been most affected by violence and crime, Alÿs does not offer solutions, but rather poses open-ended questions, in particular related to the role of the artist in the time of a national crisis. Continue reading Francis Alÿs
REEL – UNREEL . Kabul, Afghanistan 2011 .In collaboration with Julien Devaux and Ajmal Maiwandi
The film derives from Alÿs’ interest in children’s street games, such as the art of rolling a wheel with a stick, which he witnessed in Bamiyan and Kabul.
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