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2003

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Model, Macbeth

This is a Model. It is dated 2003. Its medium is graphite and paint on mdf, acrylic mirror, and led, recreated for exhibition; staged 2003, theater an der wien, vienna, austria. It is a part of the department.

“The design for Ernest Bloch’s opera of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth was based on a revolving mirrored illusion box. Its rotations evoked Macbeth’s churning conscience. We conjured scenes through smoke and mirrors. A half-bed wedged against a mirror appeared as a single whole, while Macbeth and his wife were duplicated. The illusion of a whole banquet full of guests overlaid their machinations as the box turned.”

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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