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Observatory

By Rich White 2012

Dimensions
Variable dimensions

Responding to the exhibition brief of 'art, as a shifter of perceptions,... a terrain which can change how we think about ourselves and the world' I settled on the form of a watchtower - drawing on ideas of protection and defense, as well as places of physical and mental control such as prisons and concentration camps. I was provided with a large amount of timbers and boards which I could use under one condition: I could not cut them.
Le Bacchant 1737657508 Rich White

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