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A History of the World in 100 Objects

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What Is the Artist's Purpose?

He made these little boats out of bicycle mud guards. With them, they're all o different colours, ther red, some blue. The very quality of the object is so evocative in itself. And he also has collaborated with the poet ruth padell,. They've taken these boats to many different venus. I'm just going to read a couple of lines which go with this. And their stories, our stories, steered by the small starlight of selphones, waves like rings of a tree, rings of the centuries, rocking and spilling on the windy sea. These little boats have a very powerful emotional charge. It's impossible, i think, not to be move

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