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Art as a Language: An Atlas of Seasons Where Time and Space Intersect

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Art as a Language is a compilation of 24 artworks depicting the cosmic year as a four-season, four-direction, cross-cultural celebration, exploring the ability of art to encompass this global entwining of time and space, which once understood, allows us to energetically be in the right place at the right time.

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O’Brien, K. (2019). Art as a Language: An Atlas of Seasons Where Time and Space Intersect. In: Brunn, S., Kehrein, R. (eds) Handbook of the Changing World Language Map. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73400-2_162-1

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