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William Kentridge, The Refusal of Time, 2012 (Installation view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013).
Music and Soundscape Philip Miller.
Video Editing, Catherine Meyburgh – Dramaturg, Peter Galison.
Five-channel video with sound, 28 minutes, with megaphones and breathing machine (‘elephant’). State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia. Purchased through the TomorrowFund, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2013.