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2012

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2023

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Model, London Olympics

This is a Model. It is dated 2012. Its medium is 3d-printed resin, recreated for exhibition; staged 2012, closing ceremony, olympic stadium, london, uk . It is a part of the department.

“This model captures a transition during the London Olympics closing ceremony as stagehands dismantled Big Ben. We expressed London as a model city wrapped in newspapers printed with British literature from the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf to the work of contemporary poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy.”

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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