Francis Alys. The Nature of the Game

Leuven University Press

Francis Alys. The Nature of the GameAuthor(s): Gerard-Jan Claes, Stephane Symons\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Leuven University Press, Belgium\nImprint: Leuven University Press\nISBN-13: 9789462703841, 978-9462703841\nSynopsis\nThe first multidisciplinary analysis of one of the most impactful and popular contemporary artworks of recent years.\n\nIn 1999, a short video of a solitary boy kicking an empty bottle up a hill in Mexico City became the first instalment of Childrens Games, a series of works by artist Francis Als (b. Antwerp, 1959). The ongoing project, which now numbers around thirty-five works, has gradually given shape to an extensive collection of videos of children at play. For almost twenty-five years, Als and his collaborators Flix Blume, Julien Devaux, and Rafael Ortega have been travelling around the world to document the distinctive ways in which children interact with each other and their physical environment. They have gone from remote villages in the Democratic .