Stones and Flies: Richard Long in the Sahara poster

Stones and Flies: Richard Long in the Sahara

10.0(1)198838m1

In the fall of 1987, Philippe Haas accompanied the sculptor Richard Long to the Algerian Sahara and filmed him tracing with his feet, or constructing with desert stones, simple geometric figures (straight lines, circles, spirals). In counterpoint to the images, Richard Long explains his approach. Since 1967, Richard Long (1945, Bristol), who belongs to the land art movement, has traveled the world on foot and installed, in places often inaccessible to the public, stones, sticks and driftwood found in situ. His ephemeral works are reproduced through photography. He thus made walking an art, and land art an aspiration of modern man for solitude in nature.

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  • sculpture
  • art
  • contemporary art
  • algeria
  • landscape
  • portrait of an artist
  • djazair
  • algerian sahara
  • land art
  • richard long

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Director

Philip Haas

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United Kingdom, France, Denmark

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  • FranceFR

    • Premiere1 Jan 1988

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Stones and Flies: Richard Long in the Sahara was released on 1 January 1988.

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