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Souvenir Maker: Designed in America, Conceptualised in India, Made in China, Sponsored by Korea, Yes we are conditioned to think under flag…
2005
(China version)
Barbed wire making machine, gold plated barbed wire, National anthems of 40 countries, glass jars
Variable (site specific)

The viewer can operate a machine by turning on a switch. When the machine is off, the viewer can hear national anthems from 40 countries playing in a loop. While the
machine runs, its noise overpowers the anthems. The machine runs for 30 seconds.

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Souvenir Maker: Designed in America, Conceptualised in India, Made in China, Sponsored by Korea, Yes we are conditioned to think under flag…
2005
(China version)
Barbed wire making machine, gold plated barbed wire, National anthems of 40 countries, glass jars
Variable (site specific)

The viewer can operate a machine by turning on a switch. When the machine is off, the viewer can hear national anthems from 40 countries playing in a loop. While the
machine runs, its noise overpowers the anthems. The machine runs for 30 seconds.