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The installation Empire State Pavilion comprises three works derived from the material of the survey.
The State of New York (2006)
is image of the interior of the NYS Pavilion
showing the survey in process. It is installed
as a fake projection, that is, the light
comes from a projector, but the image is
stuck to the wall. Entering the space you
cast your shadow on the image.
Emperor Panorama (2007) consists of six light-tables and stereo-pairs.
On each stands a magnifying stereoscope of the type
normaly used for examining aerial photos. The paired images
produce a minutely detailed, three-dimensional views
of tiny parts of the survey. An untitled video projection
locates the antique city-states and former colonial
capitals which can be found upstate: Macedon, Troy,
Athens, Rome, London, Paris and Berlin ...
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