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Damián Ortega in "Mexico City"Preview

September 15, 2016

In this preview from the Mexico City episode of Season 8 of Art in the Twenty-First Century, artist Damián Ortega reflects on the process and inspiration behind his 2007 installation Controller of the Universe.

“The idea, for me, was to permit the audience to come inside of the piece and feel how many possibilities,” says the artist, “and how we see everything through tools.”

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