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Model, La Caja Mágica / The Seed

This is a Model. It is dated 2010; 2020. Its medium is graphite and paint on laser-cut mdf, acrylic, and led, recreated for exhibition; staged 2010, mtv europe music awards, la caja mágica arena, madrid, spain, and 2020, jubail mangrove park, abu dhabi, united arab emirates . It is a part of the department.


“For the MTV Europe Music Awards, I imagined a 10-meter-high revolving box that could reveal a shapeshifting series of performances. Rihanna sang within a sea of red carnations pouring out of an iris. I later revisited the revolving magic box as a piece for the Serpentine Galleries in 2016 and then, in 2020, as a 15-meter illuminated sculpture called The Seed on the waters of the Persian Gulf.”

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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