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About the Work

This piece was made in the shape of the Soviet star. I took photographs from a tripod set up in the middle of Red Square. It was the first time I used this simple system of making panoramas. I felt when I was setting up the tripod that I was the exact target of the missiles of the 'free world'. The photographs on the inside of Red Square are the reverse of those outside. The piece carries its name on the outside in English and on the inside in Russian. To me, both Russia and its mirror image alphabet are a perfect reflection of our western way of life.