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Oxygen

By Henny Burnett 2011

Martin Urmson

Dimensions
2 mins

Elements – Arsenic, Iodine, Oxygen and Mercury. The pieces in this multimedia installation represent the four elements and their uses in lighting. Candles burning oxygen are filmed with the rising heat vapours captured in shadow. This piece can also be produced as a live performance/installation as well as a projected film or screened video.

Martin Urmson

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Davidia involucrata (handkerchief tree)

Separation (the roots from a mother’s tree)

Surveillance

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