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Exile - Camden Arts Centre, 1998 Installation

By Max Vollmer 2006

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Arches built from books that repeat the shapes of the arched windows of the Camden Arts Centre. The title refers to the fact that I used only foreign (i.e. not-English) language books: Their voice silenced, they assert themselves through their physical presence.

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