Sam Durant, ‘Scaffold’ (2012)
A combination of reconstructed gallows (scaffolds) that were used for executions in the United States.
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Francis Alÿs
Francis Alÿs, ‘Loop’ (1997)
In 1997, Alÿs circumvented the much contested US-Mexico border at Tijuana: using his exhibition fee for an exhibition in San Diego, Alÿs traveled by plane from Tijuana to Mexico City, to Panama City, Santiago, Auckland, Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Rangoon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul, Anchorage, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and finally south to San Diego. Alÿs exposed a loophole in Mexico-US border control through a physical loop on a global scale, but in so doing highlighted the fact that this could only be possible for a privileged few.
William Anastasi
William Anastasi, ‘Subway Drawing (V. Dwan)’ (1968)
Riding the subway with a piece of paper lying in his lap, Anastasi would hold a pencil lightly, allowing the vibrations of the train to move it across the paper. He would often sign the image with the name of the person he was travelling to see.
William Pope.L
William Pope.L, ‘Tompkins Square Park Crawl’ (1991)
Watch the video here : https://vimeo.com/21785641
Philippe Parreno
‘Imaginary friends’ (2005) by Philippe Parreno.
A map of the estimated total population of imaginary friends in the US.
Nickolaj Recke
Nickolaj Recke, ‘Tomorrow is today’ (2006)
The video shows two parallel projections, one from each side of the date line, thus conceptually creating a visual space where you can simultaneously perceive two days; a space that does not exists in physical reality and a space where there are principally no todays, just yesterdays and tomorrows.
Tomorrow
Yesterday
A man standing on the dateline/180° Meridian, one leg in today, the other in either yesterday or tomorrow.
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