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Studies, Electric

This is a Studies. It is dated 2013–15. Its medium is graphite and print on paper, cardstock, and acrylic; staged 2013–15, pet shop boys 2013 world tour . It is a part of the department.

“The Pet Shop Boys suggested that analog chaos pervade the presentation of their new album Electric. Pete Gleadall, their programmer and producer, taught me about the architecture of the circuit boards within the band’s synthesizers. I made model mazes based on this electronic geometry. In the end, no physical maze appeared on stage, but Neil and Chris wore Minotaur heads etched with maze patterns.”

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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