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| Country: | Spain |
| NMTW Rating: | |
| Length: | 15 min |
Description:
Alÿs's project, "When Faith Moves Mountains," embodies the idea of "maximum effort, minimum result." The artist gathered five hundred volunteers to collectively shovel sand up a dune near Lima, Peru, moving it by only a few inches. This highlights the stark contrast between immense effort and limited outcome, serving as a metaphor for Latin American society's slow pace of change despite large-scale collective action. Participants volunteered their time, defying traditional economic notions of efficiency. By incorporating local stories and legends, Alÿs intends for the work to persist beyond the event itself, carried on through word of mouth.
| Alternative title: | When Faith Moves Mountains |
| Release year: | 2002 |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Type: | Movie |
| External links: | IMDB |
