Magnetic Shoes (Francis Alÿs, 1994)
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Magnetic Shoes (Francis Alÿs, 1994)
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During the 5th Havana Biennial, artist Francis Alÿs put on his magnetic shoes and took daily walks through the streets of the city, collecting scraps of metal lying in his path.

“Walking, in particular drifting, or strolling, is already – within the speed culture of our time – a kind of resistance. Paradoxically, it’s also the last private space, safe from the phone or e-mail. But it also happens to be a very immediate method for unfolding stories. It’s an easy, cheap act to perform or to invite others to perform. The walk is simultaneously the material out of which to produce art and the modus operandi of the artistic transaction. And the city always offers the perfect setting for accidents to happen. There is no theory of walking, just a consciousness. But there can be a certain wisdom involved in the act of walking. It’s more an attitude, and it is one that fits me all right. It’s a state where you can be both alert to all that happens in your peripheral vision and hearing, and yet totally lost in your thought process.”

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