Francis Alÿs

Francis Alÿs

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1959-08-22 (65 years old)

Biography

Francis Alÿs (born 1959, Antwerp) is a Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist.

His work emerges in the interdisciplinary space of art, architecture, and social practice. In 1986, Alÿs left behind his profession as an architect and relocated to Mexico City, where he lives and works.He has created a diverse body of artwork and performance art that explores urban tensions and geopolitics. Employing a broad range of media, from painting to performance, his works examine the tension between politics and poetics, individual action and impotence. Alÿs commonly enacts paseos—walks that resist the subjection of common space.Cyclical repetition and mechanics of progression and regression also inform the character of Alÿs' actions and mythology—Alÿs contrasts geological and technological time through land-based and social practice that examine individual memory and collective mythology. Alÿs frequently engages rumor as a central tool in his practice, disseminating ephemeral, practice-based works through word-of-mouth and storytelling. He has document children's games for decades.

Filmography

all 39

Movies 39

Director 34

self 3

Producer 1

Director / Producer / Writer / Costume Designer
Sandlines, the Story of History

Sandlines, the Story of History (2020)

Movie
Himself / Director
Railings

Railings (2004)

Movie
Himself / Director
Samples II

Samples II (2004)

Movie
Man Walking Around Flagpole / Director
Patriotic Tales

Patriotic Tales (1997)

Movie

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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1959-08-22 (65 years old)

Citizenships
Belgium

Residences
Mexico City, Mexico

Awards
Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts

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