Candide

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Armande/Aruna- Golshifteh Farahani

Fem! Loustat #2

Louisa de Pointe du Lac - Laura Harrier

Louisa de Pointe du Lac - Laura Harrier

Estelle de Lioncourt - Anya Taylor-Joy

Mexico City, Mexico, 1997

In "Paradox of the Praxis I (Sometimes Doing Something Leads to Nothing)', Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist Francis Alÿs pushes a large block of ice through the streets of Mexico City.

Over the course of nine hours, the ice block gradually melts, leaving behind only a puddle of water as evidence of the artist's effort.

While the performance, as the title suggests, literally "leads to nothing," it offers a reflection on progress, persistence, and human struggle and poetically emphasizes the absurdity of our relentless pursuit of change.

At its core, it serves as a representation of futility and an examination of labor that yields no tangible result.

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