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    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021
    ELIAS SIME, Tightrope: Desire, 2021

    Tightrope: Desire, 2021

    Reclaimed electrical wires on panel
    99 x 96 in.
    251.5 x 243.8 cm
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    In his Tightrope series, Elias Sime deftly weaves, layers and assembles repurposed materials—computer keyboards, motherboards, and electrical wires—into abstract compositions that suggest topography, figuration, and sublime color fields. The history...
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    In his Tightrope series, Elias Sime deftly weaves, layers and assembles repurposed materials—computer keyboards, motherboards, and electrical wires—into abstract compositions that suggest topography, figuration, and sublime color fields. The history of his materials hold meaning, as they are the backbone of our modern communication systems, whether they be telephone or computer. The series title, Tightrope, acknowledges the uneasy balance between the advances made possible by technology and the impact they have had on our humanity and environment. They suggest the tenuousness of our interconnected world, alluding to the frictions between tradition and progress, human contact and social networks, nature and the man-made, and physical presence and the virtual.
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