March 23, 2009
In Francis Alÿs’s “SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POETIC CAN BECOME POLITICAL AND SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POLITICAL CAN BECOME POETIC,” he walks along the Green Line that separates Israel and Palestine, trailing a line of green house paint. His own green line reflects the contestations and complications of the political green line: Where exactly is it? Who gets to decide? How wide is it? What is the actual difference between one side and the other? This art piece is informing some of our thoughts as we work on our pilot “Boundaries” module regarding boundaries as sites of negotiation at national, local, and social levels. What do you think?

In Francis Alÿs’s “SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POETIC CAN BECOME POLITICAL AND SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING POLITICAL CAN BECOME POETIC,” he walks along the Green Line that separates Israel and Palestine, trailing a line of green house paint. His own green line reflects the contestations and complications of the political green line: Where exactly is it? Who gets to decide? How wide is it? What is the actual difference between one side and the other?

This art piece is informing some of our thoughts as we work on our pilot “Boundaries” module regarding boundaries as sites of negotiation at national, local, and social levels. What do you think?

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