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2003

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2023

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2025

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Studies, Flag: Burning

This is a Studies. It is dated 2003. Its medium is mixed media on paper and acrylic; staged 2003, wire farewell performance, barbican hall, london, uk. It is a part of the department.


“My first design for a concert was Flag: Burning with the British post-punk band Wire. I didn’t know much, but I was bored of seeing the typical silhouette of a band: three standing people with instruments and amps and one person sitting with drums on a raised platform. So I presented the group within four frames as a combined portrait or mask. I made illustrated cue sheets from which we ran the lights and video projections.”

It is credited Courtesy of Es Devlin.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition An Atlas of Es Devlin.

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