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Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, 1998

Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico

We asked for permission to borrow a company’s truck without concealing the purpose for its use. The driver didn’t mind when he was asked to block the side lanes of one of the city’s busiest roads for five minutes. This piece consisted of positioning a white prism perpendicular to the road, generating a traffic jam.

Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill
Santiago Sierra, Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, Anillo Periférico Sur, Mexico City, Mexico, November 1998, video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min, videostill

video, 4:3, b&w, 5:38 min

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Santiago Sierra

Pigs Devouring The Italic Peninsula, 2012
Destroyed Word, 2012
World’s Largest Graffiti, 2012
Franz Erhard Walther and Santiago Sierra Demonstrating No. 46 From Walthers First Workset, 2011
NO Projected Above The Pope, 2011
War Veterans Facing The Corner, 2011 - Ongoing
Person Obstructing a Line of Containers, 2009
Attempt to Build Four 100x100 cm Sand Cubes, 2009
Teeth of the Last Gipsies of Ponticelli, 2008
Burned Buildings (Found Scene), 2008
89 Huichols, 2006
245 m³, 2006
House in Mud, 2005
Hooded Woman Seated Facing The Wall, 2003
Hiring and Arrangement of 30 Workers in Relation to Their Skin Color, 2002
Person Saying a Phrase, 2002
3 Cubes of 100 cm on Each Side Moved 700 cm, 2002
PERSON PAID TO REMAIN TIED DOWN TO A WOODEN BLOCK, 2001
20 WORKERS IN A SHIPS HOLD, 2001
Object measuring 600 x 57 x 52 cm Constructed to be Held Horizontally to a Wall, 2001
10 Inch Line Shaved on The Heads of Two Junkies Who Received a Shot of Heroin as Payment, 2000
The Wall of a Gallery Pulled Out, Inclined 60 Degrees From the Ground and Sustained by 5 People, 2000
8 PEOPLE PAID TO REMAIN INSIDE CARDBOARD BOXES, 1999
Obstruction of a Freeway With a Truck‘s Trailer, 1998
Gallery Burned With Gasoline, 1997
50 kg of Plaster in the Street, 1994
2 Cylinders Each Measuring 250 × 250 cm, Composed of Posters That Have Been Torn Down, 1994
20 Pieces of Road Measuring 100 × 100 cm Pulled Up From the Ground, 1992
Walks, 1990
Mountains, 1990
Prism, 1990


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