Lydia Chai

Lilies of Disorient (2010)

2 min 28 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Silent

From Staging Miracles II.

Credits & notes

Directed and produced: Lydia Chai

Materials: cork board, compass, plastic film

    Installation Shot: Lillies of Disorient, City Gallery Wellington 2012.

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