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The Archive of Lost Knowledge

Duncan Mountford

Dimensions
600cm x 300cm x 1600cm

Courtesy of
Nottingham Trent University

A multi-roomed architectural installation. The main entrance led to a space with roof supported by columns, then onto a series of rooms and corridors. The installation progressed from a coherent structure to one that gradually exposed its construction. Within the 'voids' created by the walls were 19th century taxidermy specimens. In a second room accessed through he installation stood a cabinet containing a model of the 'archive'

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Ordinary facts arranged within time

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