Based in Mexico City since the late 1980s, Belgium-born artist Francis Alÿs is known for his performative projects staged around the world. Among his itinerant interventions into the daily circumstances of life in various communities are his engagements with the paradoxes and cruelties of borders in places such as Tijuana and Jerusalem. For the exhibition “Wet feet __ dry feet: borders and games” at Tai Kwun Contemporary, curators Xue Tan and Sunjung Kim, of Seoul’s Art Sonje Center, focused on Alÿs’s projects in Gibraltar and Cuba, where narrow bodies of water represent cultural and political divisions, as well as his ongoing video series Children’s Games (1999– ). ArtAsiaPacific sat down with the artist, who made a trip to Hong Kong for “Wet feet __ dry feet,” to talk about his exhibition and how children have become enthusiastic partners in his creative endeavors.
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Idit Nathan
Idit is a Cambridge based conceptual artist, her work includes interactive installations, live events, games, audio visual works, walks and artists’ books where play operates as a productively provocative space to challenge accepted understandings. Using optics, scale and perspective participants respond to contemporary dilemmas both as actors with free will and actors in an historical and cultural context.
Walking in Mouraria (Lisbon) by playing a board game
In this workshop, we will experiment with a virtual walk along streets and alleys, stairs, squares, gardens, and historical buildings in Mouraria’s neighbourhood (Lisbon). Walking, we will get to know residents and community networks, witness gentrification processes and city tourism, and explore services, commerce, multicultural exchanges and social gatherings. With Ana Moya (PT).
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