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    • A crew de-installs artist Erin Shirreff’s Sculpture for Snow in the Public Art Fund exhibition A Promise Is a Cloud at Metro Tech Commons (Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 10.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff observes the de-installation of her Sculpture for Snow in the Public Art Fund exhibition A Promise Is a Cloud at Metro Tech Commons (Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 10.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • A crew de-installs artist Erin Shirreff’s Sculpture for Snow in the Public Art Fund exhibition A Promise Is a Cloud at Metro Tech Commons (Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 10.18.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff’s models of Tony Smith sculptures in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff’s models of Tony Smith sculptures in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • 3D architectural model for Sculpture for Snow sculpture by artist Erin Shirreff. Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Photography by Erin Shirreff.

    • 3D architectural model for Sculpture for Snow sculpture by artist Erin Shirreff. Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Photography by Erin Shirreff.

    • 3D architectural model for Sculpture for Snow sculpture by artist Erin Shirreff. Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Photography by Erin Shirreff.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff’s Sculpture for Snow in the Public Art Fund exhibition A Promise Is a Cloud at Metro Tech Commons (Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 01.21.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by John Marton.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff photographs Sculpture for Snow in the Public Art Fund exhibition A Promise Is a Cloud at Metro Tech Commons (Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 01.21.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by John Marton.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff’s Sculpture for Snow in the Public Art Fund exhibition A Promise Is a Cloud at Metro Tech Commons (Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 01.21.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by John Marton.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff photographs Sculpture for Snow in the Public Art Fund exhibition A Promise Is a Cloud at Metro Tech Commons (Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, 01.21.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff & Tony Smith Go Way Back. © Art21, Inc. 2013. Cinematography by John Marton.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff and assistant Justin Martin edit the video Lake on a computer in Shirreff’s studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff and assistant Justin Martin edit the video Lake on a computer in Shirreff’s studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff’s video Lake on her studio computer (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Final Cut sequence for artist Erin Shirreff’s video Lake on her studio computer (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff edits video on her studio computer (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff edits video on her studio computer (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff with a photographic reproduction of Lake Okanagan from British Columbia Magazine in her studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 07.24.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • A photographic reproduction of Lake Okanagan from British Columbia Magazine in artist Erin Shirreff’s studio (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 07.24.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • A photographic reproduction of Lake Okanagan from British Columbia Magazine being photographed with shadows in artist Erin Shirreff’s studio. Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Photography by Erin Shirreff.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff’s video Lake on her studio computer (Greenpoint, Brooklyn, 04.20.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Rafael Salazar.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff’s video Lake installed in the exhibition Science on the back end at Hauser & Wirth (Upper East Side, Manhattan, 06.13.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

    • Artist Erin Shirreff’s video Lake installed in the exhibition Science on the back end at Hauser & Wirth (Upper East Side, Manhattan, 06.13.12). Production still from the New York Close Up film Erin Shirreff Takes Her Time. © Art21, Inc. 2012. Cinematography by Nick Ravich.

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