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Foreign Sunrise
2013
100 hand sanded perspex rods
Ø 7mm, 100 x 160cm
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This work begins with a pristine material which is altered through sanding, creating a refraction of light. This results in the image of a partial circle, or rising sun. It exists on the edge of visibility, fractured, but also supported by the material nature of the plastic.