A small room at the Museum of Assens,
total darkness except for a light beam on a table.
On the table a rotating disk.
On the disc a velvet cushion.
On the cushion a real diamond.
People can look at it and take it in your hands or steal.
A photographer disguised as a visitor,
documents the reactions of people.
-uc
Installation theft of the year, Ulises Carrión, was exhibited in the Drents Museum in Assens, in the Netherlands in 1982. The work took place in the provincial museum, despite differ from the kind of art that used to be displayed. It must have been disconcerting invitation to observe in almost total darkness an unprotected diamond. The enigmatic character of the piece was recorded by the lens of Claudio Goulart. This publication shows the images captured on that occasion and induces readers to witness an open case.
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