Francis Alÿs: When Faith Can Move Mountains
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (654 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8475066399 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 205 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-29 |
| Language | : | Spanish |
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symbolic, restorative community project in Peru In 2002, 500 Peruvian volunteers, mostly students at the University of Lime, gathered in a long line by a giant sand dune on the outskirts of Lima. In the period after the end of the lengthy, troublesome autocracy of Peru's leader Fujimora, the tensions caused by his regime continued to unsettle Peruvian society. Many continued to feel anger over the violence and coercion of the Maoist Shining Path radical group. The largely-ignored poor were looking for answers to their conditions. Rival groups clashed in the
This human comb moved the 1600-foot-long sand dune about four inches from its original position. As essayist Cuauhtémoc Medina puts it, "A desperate situation requires an absurd solution." On April 11, 2002, 500 volunteers (mostly students from the University of Lima) were supplied with shovels and asked to form a single line at the foot of a giant sand dune in Ventanilla, an area outside of Lima. Instead of following the classic model of an artist or exhibition catalogue, this book focuses on the conjunction between the social an