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When faith moves mountains = cuando la fe mueve montañas / Francis Alÿs, Cuauhtémoc Medina

Catalog Data

Author:
Alÿs, Francis 1959-  Search this
Medina, Cuauhtémoc  Search this
Subject:
Alÿs, Francis 1959-  Search this
Physical description:
182 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. + 1 DVD
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Place:
Peru
Lima
Date:
2005
[2005]
Notes:
Accompanying DVD in back pocket contains film of the project.
"When Faith Moves Mountains is a project about geological displacement. On April 11, 2002, 500 volunteers were equipped with shovels and asked to form a single line at the foot of the 500 meter-wide dune in Ventanilla on the outskirts of Lima. This human comb pushed a certain quantity of sand a certain distance, thereby moving the dune a few inches from its original position. The physical displacement was infinitesimal, but not is metaphorical implications." --P. [14].
Topic:
Earthworks (Art)  Search this
Call number:
N6973.A45 A4 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_774067