Paradox of Praxis 5

Name: Paradox of Praxis 5
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015
Duration: 8 min
Cast: Francis Alÿs

2015

8min

Documentary

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Overview

One of Francis Alÿs’ series of performative videos that politicize absurd or seemingly futile gestures, Paradox of Praxis 5 documents the artist’s nocturnal perambulations through Juárez as he kicks a ball of fire along the city’s desolate streets. Transcending metaphor, the eerie mobile conflagration traces out an imaginary map of a devastated city.