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2017

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Studies, Legend of the Fall

This is a Studies. It is dated 2017. Its medium is graphite on paper, foam and wire; staged 2017, the weeknd world arena tour . It is a part of the department.

“For Legend of the Fall, Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye proposed an intergalactic craft to transport the audience to other worlds. I folded a paper airplane to demonstrate how the suspended sculpture could function, with the pattern of the show as a flight path.”

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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