PRESENTATION
Francis Alÿs. "When Faith Moves Mountains (2002). Two Decades Later"
August 10 — November 10, 2024
Curator: Cuauhtémoc Medina
Organized by: Fundación Proa - Museo de Arte de Lima
Sponsored by: Tecpetrol
With the collaboration of Mexican Cultural Diplomacy, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Mexico in Argentina
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On August 10th, PROA21 will inaugurate an exhibition by the interdisciplinary artist Francis Alÿs, curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina, focusing on the iconic project *When Faith Moves Mountains*, which was carried out in April 2002 for the III Ibero-American Biennial of Lima.
The exhibition brings together a diverse range of archival materials such as documents, sketches, paintings, photographs, videos, and texts that collectively build the narrative of this work, which lasted only a few hours but has become part of contemporary art mythology.
*When Faith Moves Mountains* is an event of political motivation and poetic expression, a monumental action conceived as an absurd project and executed by the power of collective enthusiasm. It is also a story that has spread like a rumor and has continued to multiply from then until now.
Credits
Organized by Sponsored by Artists Curated by PROA21 Programming - Fundación Proa Press - Fundación Proa
Fundación Proa
Lima Art Museum
Tecpetrol
With the collaboration of
Mexican Cultural Diplomacy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Embassy of Mexico in Argentina
Francis Alÿs, in collaboration with Rafael Ortega and Cuauhtémoc Medina
Cuauhtémoc Medina
Renzo Longobucco
Pilar Victorio
Mayra Zolezzi
Ana Clara Giannini
Alba Rodríguez Arranz
Marina Gambier
Leandro Vento
Acknowledgments Lenders
Richard Perales
Cristina Paoli
Estudio Francis Alÿs
Tatiana Cuevas
Sharon Lerner
Joselyn Vergara
Rafael Toriz
Héctor Orestes Aguilar
Museo de Arte de Lima, MALI
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, MALBA
Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, México
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Dirección de Artes Visuales, UNAM
Estudio Francis Alÿs
Cuauhtémoc Medina
MALBA