The Francis Effect
"The Francis Effect was about proposing something completely absurd, as absurd as borders are. If Immigrant Movement was for the thousands of people who went there, The The Francis Effect was just for…
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"The Francis Effect was about proposing something completely absurd, as absurd as borders are. If Immigrant Movement was for the thousands of people who went there, The The Francis Effect was just for one person, the pope. But the more people that participated, the more personal it became." -Tania BrugueraStemming from a performance at the Guggenheim Museum, The Francis Effect explores Tania Bruguera's work as an artist, activist, Latin-American emigrant engaging the tension between art's pragmatic, activist, and aesthetic possibilities.The performance of The Francis Effect follows the guise of a political campaign, aiming to request that the Pope grant Vatican City citizenship to all immigrants and refugees. As a conversational, collaborative project, the resulting book mirrors Bruguera's artistic practice with essays, conversations, and letters from the the