FRANCIS ALŸS
CUENTOS PATRIÓTICOS (Patriotic Tales), 1997
In collaboration with Rafael Ortega
Video Still, 25:40 min.

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“Patriotic Tales 1997 targets the rut of Mexican politics in other ways. Alÿs leads a circle of sheep around the flagpole in the Zócalo, the ceremonial square and the site of political rallies. The action is based on an event in 1968 when civil servants were paraded in the city to show support for the government, but bleated like sheep to protest their subservience.”*

Francis Alÿs: A Story of Deception
May 8 - August 1, 2011 and May 4 - September 12, 2011
MoMA and MoMA P.S.1
11 West 53rd Street, 6th Floor
New York
and
22-25 Jackson Avenue
(at 46th Avenue)
Long Island City, NY

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http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/francisalys/#/moma/cuentos-patrioticos
http://www.francisalys.com/