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A bare bulb burns on a cracked concrete wall, wired through a tangle of red and yellow cable from an open fuse box to a yellow switch; below and to the right a young woman’s head is in silhouette, turned up towards the light.

Light Switch

Abuja, 2015 · 85 × 115 cm

© Emeka Okereke

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Dilemma of a New Age I 1 Dilemma of a New Age II 2 A Study of Things (Kettle and Stool for Observing Wudu) 3 Rose and Concrete I 4 Looking Out 5 …And My Shadow Went Ahead of Me into the Future 6 Pull 7 The World Is the Size of My Head 8 Light Switch 9 Act of Passage I 10 Act of Passage II 11 Sale 12 A Cloud of Vertigo I 13

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