- The Paradise Syndrome
- Steel, fibreglass, crystacal lamina, pigments
- 230 x 90 x 70cm
- 2011
First shown at The Pumphouse Gallery in Battersea Park, The Paradise Syndrome celebrates the eponymous Star Trek episode (1968) which features an ‘asteroid deflecting obelisk’ created to defend an alien world in a distant galaxy. The symbols plasma-cut in the chromed steel of the sculpture refer to the alien writing on the sides of the obelisk.
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 which features an ‘asteroid deflecting obelisk’ created to defend an alien world in a distant galaxy. The symbols plasma-cut in the chromed steel of the sculpture refer to the alien writing on the sides of the obelisk.'))
 Tang has distorted a print of the magazine cover using chandelier crystals set into epoxy resin. The structure of the sculpture references a crystalline design for the Sin Centre (1961-63) by the pioneering architectural group Archigram.'))
. Symbolising grokking, Tang’s sculpture formally joins variously shaped conduits into a united entity or landscape. The book’s cover illustration celebrates one protagonist’s love of Rodin, and its submergence in a sculptural lake alludes to the Martian ritual of ”sharing water„, which results in a bond of friendship. In Stranger in a Strange Land, Heinlein debates politics, philosophy, religion, economics, art and freedom. He examines contemporary attitudes to endeavour, success and failure, and the book is associated with the 1960’s free love movement.'))
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