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The Last Day Puzzle

By <a href="https://axisweb.org/artist/paulnewman" title="Paul Newman" class="inline font-bold underline transition-opacity duration-100 hover:opacity-50 focus:opacity-50"> Paul Newman </a> 2023

The Last Day 'In Ruin' installation detail. Photo by Marcin SZ

Performance playtime during residency at Stryx, Birmingham in may 2023. Part of Pressure Cooker: Soup VI residency program. The Last Day was originally a studio based performance in 2012 utilising the man with a sugar cube for a head who was first performed at 'A Confidentially Clause' a long time ago in 2005. The 2012 studio based version also became a digital still frame animation, A photographic print and a photograph / painting combination in 2020. This reincarnation for the residency at Stryx has the character trying to solve a puzzle version of his own image. The puzzle was completed during by the residency finish in June 2023, with a little help from friends..

Paul Newman The Last Day Puzzle. part of residency at Stryx, Birmingham May/June 2023

Paul Newman The Last Day Puzzle. part of residency at Stryx, Birmingham May/June 2023

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