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Seth Wulsin (born April 15, 1981 in Spring Valley, NY) is an independent journalist and contemporary artist working primarily with space, time and light through large-scale, site-specific, ephemeral sculpture, drawing and architectural performance. Wulsin is best known for the work, '' 16 Tons, Prison Demolition'', a massive public piece in
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, that worked with the demolition of the infamous Caseros Prison between 2005 and 2009. In 2010, Wulsin's work was thrown into the spotlight when a sculpture from his counter-surveillance oriented ''Time Drops in Decay'' series, consisting of higher-dimensional internally reflecting mirror objects, was broken by then-Mayor of Buenos Aires
Mauricio Macri Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previo ...
(who later became president of Argentina) on a televised tour of the art fair ArteBA. Artist and filmmaker, Joshua Sandler, used the ensuing scandal as raw material for a documentary film called ''Who gives A Shit About Art?'' critiquing the intersection of art, politics and capital. Wulsin's work ''Wishing Well'', an expansion on the Time Drops series, was exhibited at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in 2011.Krystal Baugher
''Shades of White''
''Boulder Weekly'', July 7, 2011.


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'Corrections and Collections', Places Journal





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