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I asked my colleagues at work about the MDF boards and metal sheets because I thought it was a reliable way to gather findings of what the non-artists see in my work, instead of second guessing what the public might see. The answers were that the MDFs reminded them of Tetris, and some sort of puzzle. The findings for the metal sheets were closer to what I intended – industrial and reminded them of construction. It’s close to the constructivist’s intentions of the work – they believed that art should directly reflect the modern industrial work, which is what I believed has happened with my metal sheets, going on my colleagues’ assumptions. They also mentioned that it was classy and slick vs the industrial and hidden away, which I thought was quite political. Especially the industrial and hidden away, which reminded me of the discussion session on Robert Morris’ ‘Notes on Sculpture 4: Beyond Objects’, where Mona talked about the materials of construction being hidden away, and only found at Industrial parks and art schools.


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