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Crystal Egg, 2014

By Duncan Mountford 2014
Site-specific installation. The work referenced the short story Crystal Egg by HG Wells, and concerned the way in which interpretation of unclear images is based on already held views. Materials, plywood, timber, lights, hand-constructed projectors comprising lenses, mirrors, lights.
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