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both appear to be sad. The dichotomy is represented by the two inner children who face each other, reach out and attempt to connect. According to the artist the sculpture represents the conflict between man and woman and the children (who glow at night) represent the purity and sincerity which gives them a chance to make up when dark times arrive.
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The design features two large wire-framed human figures (man and woman) sitting back-to-back. Inside of each human figure is a figure of a child trying to reach the other child through the wires. At night the two children inside the figures light up. The two adult wire figures are slumped over and
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The sculpture was remanufactured on a much larger scale and it was featured at the 2015 Burning Man festival. In 2015 the art theme of
Burning Man was "Carnival of Mirrors". Alexander Milov was the first Ukrainian to receive a grant to exhibit his art at the festival in 30 years. The sculpture
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in 2007. He constructed the sculpture with dimensions of 75 by 45 by 175 centimetres (30 in × 18 in × 69 in). It was made of tape and wire and was put on display at the Kyiv Museum of
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