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Francis Alÿs

Patriotic Tales

    RELEASE

    1997-08-13

    BUGET

    N/A

    LENGTH

    25 min

    Description

    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.