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Views from inner to outer compartments

2010

At the opening of a museum of modern art in an Arab city, a proud local resident rushes the entrance only to find that she is unable to proceed.

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Was it her casual wear at an event announced as a black-tie affair? No.

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Was it the thugs who are shielding the ruling classes attending the event en masse to showcase their benevolence and refined sensibilities who prevent her access? No.

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She fears that were she to walk in, she will "hit a wall” and/or were she to walk in, where everyone else sees hanging artworks, she will see "nothing.”

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On the spot, she turns to face the crowd rushing the entrance and screams: “Be careful. Don’t go in.  Nothing here to see.”

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Within seconds, she is removed from the site, beaten and sent to a psychiatric facility.

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The next day, a local newspaper’s headline announces: “Demented Woman Disturbs Opening: Claims Museum Walls Fake and Filled with Nothing.”

WALLS 1080 WORKING FINAL_SM
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