Walls that move and open up in Madrid: moving walls: walls by Alto. Autonomous aesthetic practices on public space: a man swimming, bones piling up, cranes flying: painted with aerosol on walls or at ground level. Figures popping out from the walls, transfixed by the noise, smells, and life on the street. ALTO’s figures proliferate in the city and create series that function as “matter ouf of place” (Mary Douglas), occupying unexpected places: in their being “ouf of place” these figures allow a reflection on the borders that configure the social order.
Practices on the street: series in media res that rehearse practices to Continue reading