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Surrender to the blaze, stare into the flames of change
Few words grab the attention like “Fire!”. Yet while animals flee a big fire, people are often attracted by the flames. Our curiosity draws us toward the blaze: it’s both frightening and fascinating. In Sign, a captivating illusion made with light reveals tongues of fire and a shower of sparks rising metres into the air. While fire is equated with destruction, destruction can lead to new beginnings. Fire turns sand to glass, and dough into bread. It razes forests and, at the same time makes the soil more fertile.
Fire is a starting signal. Surrender to the blaze, stare into the flames of change.
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Image credit: Sign, Vendel & de Wolf. Photo by Matthew Andrews