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Polystyrene, fiberglass, acrylic, Arqspin rotating product stand.
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….OK, now imagine a fully functional design-prototype research facility which is actually focused on comparative studies and crisis reports that seek to understand and contextualise changes in consciousness brought about by the Y2K bug aftermath experienced by those born after the year 2000...Not as some wildfire market driven enclave of hypertension aimed at trend-forecasting next shit.Or some ridiculous situation where-by youth energy is exploited, turned into a commodified resource and fed upon by self-serving zombies eager to get a taste of young blood. Treated as some kind of free-flowing cultural validation trough...
Something different. ![](\"https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4086ce1901f72993e96622d21504bf13064251310a111f3f58915f2739f146f5.png\") |
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We decided to instigate an experiment;
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Albeit with undefined outcomes and results.
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Presentions:
Obicà Mozzarella Bar, Canary Wharf, London , 2014
Future Gallery, 2015 (Inside the Prius)
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E N E R G Y⋮P A N G E A 2014
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