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Vertical Hold

2007
digital prints, steel
18′ x 16′ x 3′

Photographs of clouds in the sky appear to be held in fixed positions high on a wall by steel brackets attached to long rods leaning from the floor.

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Vertical Hold

August 21, 2014 by jschiff@wesleyan.edu

2007
digital prints, steel
18′ x 16′ x 3′

Photographs of clouds in the sky appear to be held in fixed positions high on a wall by steel brackets attached to long rods leaning from the floor.

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