Francis Alÿs: When Faith Can Move Mountains [With DVD]

by Francis Alÿs

As essayist Cuauht moc 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. This human comb moved the 1600-foot-long sand dune about four inches from its original position. When Faith Can Move Mountains attempts to translate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8475066399
• ISBN13: 9788475066394
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Turner
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 10.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher