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The Longest Distance(2018)
Sound installation The Longest Distance is a large-scale sound installation consisting of loudspeakers hidden behind a large white canvas. Two very different sounds can be heard: the faint cosmic background radiation left over from the birth of the universe 13.8 billion years ago, and the heartbeat of an unborn baby.The heartbeat represents what is closest, an intimate rhythm inside a human body within a human body, while the cosmic background radiation represents what is farthest away.
As you stand before the canvas, the heartbeat appears to emerge from a single point, while the cosmic sound surrounds you and fills the room.
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