Francis Alÿs - The Nature of the Game

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'Whereas adults are more likely to use speech to process experiences - whereas adults speak -, children play to assimilate the realities they encounter. Their games mimic, mock or defy the rules of the adult society that surrounds them. The act of playing can also help them to cope with traumatic experiences such as those of war by creating a simulacrum of the real and turning the dramatic circumstances around them into a more fictional, ludic world. But the magical thing about a child’s game is that it holds no secrets, “it’s all there is”. We as adults should be faithful to the children we were; remember and trust that moment, the most precious one of our existence.' - Francis Alÿs

Discover an extensive selection of Francis Alÿs' famous films of children's games in dialogue with his subdued paintings and the film installation The Silence of Ani.

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