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Performance Matters, Trashing Performance Talks

Artist / Author Francis Alys, Coline Milliard
Reference A0346
Date 1970
Journal Art Monthly
Type Article

Keywords

Artangel Baudelaire CCTV Certeau Coline Milliard flaneur Francis Alys London pedesrtrianism pedestrians rafael ortega Rebecca Solnit Rob Shields the City urban urbanism walking Walks of life wanderliust

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