The Nightwatch

The read

It runs a compact 7m.

Synopsis

The Nightwatch documents an action realised by Alÿs in 2004 in which he released a fox into London’s National Portrait Gallery in the middle of the night and used the museum’s CCTV system to follow its movements. The institution was chosen because unlike other institutions it does not conceal its CCTV cameras.

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Key crew

• Francis AlÿsDirector

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