{"id":28863,"date":"2012-01-16T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/?p=28863"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:26:31","slug":"bonington-gallery-nottigham-uk-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apepper.com\/studio\/bonington-gallery-nottigham-uk-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonington Gallery, Nottigham, UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; 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Its light is precisely directed down onto a holographic rectangle which appears black and flat from a distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;\"><br \/>One aim of the installation is to interrogate the symbiosis between the historic \u2018found\u2019 object (recognised, celebrated and archived in major international art and design museums) and the \u2018historic\u2019 holographic recording (unknown, displaced and functionless).\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;\">The latter is made visible by the presence of the former.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; 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