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Iván Argote: ‘We were brought to this place; we have the right to say something’

<p>Through his sculptures, installations, films, and performances, Iván Argote has relentlessly investigated our relationship to power structures, belief systems, and urban spaces. In this episode of ‘Meet the Artists’, he reflects on <em>Levitate </em>(2022), a project developed during a residency at the Villa Medici, the French Academy in Rome. The bold action probes into the meaning of the ancient Flaminio Obelisk on Piazza del Popolo – one of the largest squares in the city – by creating an exact replica of the original monument and installing it at a different location. ‘What I’m doing in the squareis just to make people see another situation,’ he says, ‘What if the obelisk is lying down, or is moving?’ With this piece, Argote transforms the silent monument’s original function in order to propose a new historical narrative and challenge the accepted dynamics of public spaces. </p><p>Iván Argote was recently nominated for the Marcel Duchamp Prize 2022. He is represented by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/gallery/1134/Perrotin">Perrotin</a> (Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, Dubai). </p><p>The exhibition ‘Prémonitions’ will be on view at Perrotin, Paris, October 15 to December 17, 2022.</p><p>Film<br />Director: Nicolò Terraneo<br />Director of Photography: Francesco Cantoro<br />Producer: Leonardo Notte<br />Editor: Emanuele Canto<br />Sound Designer: Franco Casperini<br />Colour: Luca Scarpellini</p><p>Nowness<br />Creative Director: Bunny Kinney<br />Managing Director: Gavin Humphries<br />Commissioning Director: Noor Miah<br />Video Editor: Harry Bowely</p><p>Art Basel<br />Executive Editor: Coline Milliard<br />Editor: Patrick Steffen<br />Video Commissioner: Jeanne-Salomé Rochat<br />Creative Producer: Akiel Gallina</p>

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