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KlappentextDas Werk des belgischen Künstlers Francis Alýs (geb. 1959 in Antwerpen) ist ebenso vielschichtig wie poetisch subversiv. Angesiedelt zwischen performativer Konzeptkunst und sozialer Intervention erforschen seine Filme und Zeichnungen die politischen und gesellschaftlichen Realitäten des urbanen Raums. Eines seiner beeindruckendsten Langzeitprojekte ist "Children's Games", Aufnahmen spielender Kinder in aller Welt, von Paris über Mexiko-Stadt bis zum jesidischen Flüchtlingslager Scharya im Irak. Sein reich illustriertes Ideen- und Skizzenbuch zeigt Vorarbeiten zu dieser Werkserie. Es ist ein Blick in den Maschinenraum seiner künstlerischen Praxis, der zentrale Elemente seiner filmischen Poetik sichtbar macht. Ein Essay des Ethnografen und Filmemachers David MacDougall würdigt Alýs' Beobachtungen des kindlichen Spiels im Kontext der der Kindheitsforschung und der Geschichte des ethnografischen Dokumentarfilms.The Belgian artist Francis Alýs (b. Antwerp, 1959) makes work that is as multifaceted as it is poetically subversive. Straddling the line between performative conceptual art and community intervention, his films and drawings chart the political and social realities of urban spaces. One of his most imposing long-term projects is "Children's Games", for which he documents children playing all over the world, from Paris and Mexico City to the Yezidi refugee camp Sharya in Iraq. The richly illustrated book contains ideas and sketches he compiled in preparation for this series. It lets us glimpse into the engine room of his artistic practice, revealing key elements of his filmic poetics. An essay by the ethnographer and filmmaker David MacDougall embeds Alýs's observations of children's play in the contexts of childhood studies as well as the history of ethnographic documentary film.Francis Alýs (b. Antwerp, 1959) is widely regarded as one of the foremost artists working today. His oeuvre, which has garnered numerous prizes and been featured in solo exhibitions around the world, encompasses films, photographs, performances, drawings, and paintings, many of them explorations of the social and political realities of urban spaces. Since 1986, Alýs, who trained as an architect, has lived in Mexico City, where he moved after the major earthquake of 1985 to help in the rebuilding effort.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-96912-072-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum01.08.2022
Auflage2. Aufl.
Seiten208 Seiten
SpracheMehrsprachig
Gewicht300 g
Illustrationen90 Abb.
Artikel-Nr.50408655
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GenreKunst/Architektur