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Light's Own Destruction: 2016

by Nick Knight on 4 July 2016

In a poignant installation, Nick Knight staged the first iteration of the on-going project Light's Own Destruction. As explosives are set off in a plexiglass cube, the physical structure fills with dark smoke, inviting onlookers to contemplate destruction as a force of both endings and beginnings.

In a poignant installation, Nick Knight staged the first iteration of the on-going project Light's Own Destruction. As explosives are set off in a plexiglass cube, the physical structure fills with dark smoke, inviting onlookers to contemplate destruction as a force of both endings and beginnings.

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‘The Sound of Light’s Own Destruction’ by NOLIFE

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