The video shows the artist walking in circles around the flagpole (“Madre Patria”) in Zócalo, Mexico City’s monumental central square, which is flanked by government institutions. This work relates to a storied incident that took place during the Mexican government’s brutal oppression of the 1968 student uprising in Mexico City.
Francis Alÿs
Director
La revolución no será televisada77%
Frida74%
Factory Girl59%
Flamin' Hot79%
Project Almanac67%
M.F.A.61%
Revenge65%
For Sama82%
Meatballs58%
I Shot Andy Warhol61%
The Union60%
The Book of Life75%
Original Sin61%
The Night of the Iguana71%
A Movie64%
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film70%
Bombshell67%
The Fugitive60%
Embattled67%
Elegy63%
