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Numbers - a numerological reading of the phrase Josephine Peladan,

a magician, literary scholar, proto-curator of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, who argued a lot about the decline of civilization,

the catastrophic consequences of the first world war and political pressures.

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Nous ne croyons ni au progress ni au salut - we believe neither in progress

nor in salvation.

Lilies are placed on the surface, a peculiar reference to Oscar Wilde's portrayal of Peladan. The lily, on the one hand symbolizes purity and innocence, the early Christians believed that the lily sprouted from the tears of Eve, who leaving paradise. The second meaning of the lily is death. At the end of the of the installation, the lilies wilted.

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