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Work Type:sculpture
Date of work:1993
Materials:medium: rockets, felt-lined glazed case
extent: case
notes: right piece

medium: photographs in frame
extent: frame
notes: left piece

Measurements:height: 130 cm
 extent: case

width: 75 cm
 extent: case

depth: 30 cm
 extent: case

height: 35 cm
 extent: frame

width: 185 cm
 extent: frame

Style Period:contemporary art
Subject:rocket, freedom
Technique:photography, assemblage
Collection:New Contemporaries
Description:
'Miles Chalcraft makes mini rockets fitted with cameras which when launched are programmed to take snap shots, recording what the artist refers to as 'momentary freedom'. Displayed alongside the rockets they suggest a Heath Robinson-esque eccentricity fuelled by desperation and a will to escape.'
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Source:Swenson, I., “BT New Contemporaries”, exhibition guide, 1994
Date of source:1994