An installation of lightpanel murals created for Burning Man and the British Library
"Prophetess"
David Normal:
Accepting the forbidden flame of divine inspiration proffered by Guy Fawkes and Co. , the prophetess - part male, part female - holds open the page of an empty book, quill in hand, ready to write . . . write what? An "Ostrischizocratic" constitution?
Image taken from page 688 of 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben. Rudolf trónörökös főherczeg Ő ... fensége kezdeményezéséből és közremunkálásával. (Die deutsche Ausgabe redigirt ... J. von Weilen, die ungarische M. Jókai.) Collection of the British Library.
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