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Francis Alÿs's Faith Moves Mountains

3 min

On 11 April 2002, the Belgian artist Francis Alÿs invites 500 volunteers in the suburbs of Lima, Peru, to equip themselves with shovels and move a sand dune near the capital. For the art installation Faith Moves Mountains, the helpers shifted a 200-metre high and 500-metre long dune by ten centimetres.

Author

Julien Devaux

Production

APRES Production
URUBU Films
Manifeste!

Artistic director

Frank Perrin
Gilles Coudert
François Combin

Country

France

Year

2022

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