Paradox of Praxis 5

Also known as Paradox of Praxis #5, Paradox of Praxis 5: Sometimes we dream as we live & sometimes we live as we dream

One of Francis Alÿs’ series of performative videos that politicize absurd or seemingly futile gestures, Paradox of Praxis 5 documents the artist’s nocturnal perambulations through Juárez as he kicks a ball of fire along the city’s desolate streets. Transcending metaphor, the eerie mobile conflagration traces out an imaginary map of a devastated city.