• Francis Alÿs
  Choques, 2005–06
  Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
  

A compulsive wanderer and a storyteller, Francis Alÿs is known for his projects in a wide range of media, including painting, photography, performance and video. Many of his works involve observation and recording of the social, cultural and economic conditions of particular places, usually conceived during walks through urban areas. Yet they are also playful and poetic. In Choques (2005-06), the artist records different perspectives on the same incident – a man trips as he walks down the street. Filmed from nine different points of view and displayed on separate monitors throughout the space, the fragments we witness can only be perceived individually and at different moments during our walk through the exhibition galleries.

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