Francis Alÿs

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REEL - UNREEL . Kabul, Afghanistan 2011 .In collaboration with Julien Devaux and Ajmal Maiwandi

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The film derives from Alÿs’ interest in children’s street games, such as the art of rolling a wheel with a stick, which he witnessed in Bamiyan and Kabul.
Since the object being rolled around the undulating streets of Kabul’s old town is a spool of film, “real” turns into “reel.”
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