What could a viewer make of the Oriental carpets, arranged on the ground like Carl Andre sculptures or on the walls like allover paintings, and of the videos exhibited, one next to the other, in the spaces of the Villa Medici? After initial disorientation, a visitor understood that “Tapis volants” was not simply an exhibition of carpets, but rather, as the name of the show and installations by Hans Haacke (Blue Sail, 1964–65) and Zilvinas Kempinas (Flux, 2009) confirmed, one of flying carpets. In other words, the question of movement was central no matter the medium on display. The films shown