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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

By Iain Hales 2012

Mark Pinder

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Documentation from 'SWITCH', selected by Phyllida Barlow, at BALTIC 39, Newcastle. Materials list: Wood, Plywood, MDF, vinyl floor tiles, wire mesh, Jesmonite, ceramic tiles, coloured grout, polystyrene, glass mosaic tiles, expanded metal lath, pulped newspaper, Dylon fabric dye, tyre inner tubes, gloss paint, upholstery foam.

Mark Pinder

Mark Pinder

Iain Hales

Iain Hales

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