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Beholding an actual artefact taken out of a familiar context to perform anew is productively unsettling, which is a condition of the reception of found object art in general

Unlike many other consumer products, the array of domestically produced brands that are available to the public is amazing from the status-symbol 727s (which take their name from the anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War) to brands like Pyol (Star), Craven and Tazo (which means ostrich and features the bird on every pack)

However, all factories are currently operational and sales & distribution operations are progressively normalising

The original subtitle this exhibition was How New York City became an International Model for Anti-Smoking Activism, I still believe that New York City is a good role model for this issue but what Ive learned is that its just not so simple

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