The segment begins with a series of motorized architectural works installed at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2008. McCarthy’s interest in performance is introduced through a series of minimal videos in which the artist uses his body as a tool. Later works show the artist performing similarly absurd tasks, only this time adopting a character and on a sound stage.
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In the Studio: Francis Alÿs
Francis Alÿs discusses The Nature of the Game in the 2022 Venice Biennale “The Milk of Dreams.”