| Micheál O'Connell: List of Works |
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Movers |
Non-Movers |
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| Thumbnail/Link |
Title |
Date |
Description/Comments |
Animated Film |
Live Art & Video |
Timings |
2D |
3D |
Materials |
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Feed Lack Loop |
Mar-08 |
A professional clown mimics the actions of a
Second Life avatar, back-projected onto a large screen. Simultaneously information is fed back into
Second Life, reporting on the Real Life performance. The artist has control over the avatar's
actions and directly instructs the clown also. |
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X |
1hr minimum |
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Clown |
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| Screen |
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| 2
Computers to SL |
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| Projector |
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| 2 SL
Avatars |
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No Man 01 |
Mar-08 |
Record of a game in which the performer attempts
to avoid being in the frame for a camera held by the artist. Carried out at Lighthouse, Brighton, UK. |
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X |
2 mins and 14 secs |
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Clown |
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| Video
Camera |
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| DVD PAL |
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Now Man 02 |
Mar-08 |
Record of a game where a performer attempts to
remain in the frame for a camera which is swinging dramatically at first but
eventually comes (almost) to rest.
Second version filmed at Lighthouse, Brighton, UK. |
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X |
1st pass 2 mins, 2nd pass 2 mins, 35 secs |
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Clown |
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| Video
Camera |
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| Chord |
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| DVD PAL |
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Recay |
Jan-08 |
100 signed copies of animation
(on DVD) were delivered to residential streets in Lewis, East Sussex, UK in
the hope of obtaining feedback. To
date no response has been received.
The animation itself uses, as a basis, an old recording of the reading
of a letter from the artist to radio DJ John Peel (now deceased). |
X |
X |
1 min |
X |
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100 DVDs cover designed and
signed by artist |
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An Attempt at an Autobiography |
Dec-07 |
A professional clown stands with a chain around
his neck which passes up through a pulley and down to a ceramic handle held
by him. On a wall nearby hangs a
famous image by photographer Ernest Withers. The noose made of chain is also
intended as an interactive piece for any passer through to use when the
performance is over. |
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X |
1 hr |
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X |
Clown |
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| Chain |
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| Pulley |
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| Ceramic
handle |
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Post Disorder |
Dec-07 |
Extracted teeth suspended in liquid solution, in
a cocktail glass placed on a white napkin. |
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X |
Teeth |
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| Cocktail
Glass |
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| Napkin |
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Now Man 01 |
Dec-07 |
Record of a game where a performer attempts to
remain in the frame for a camera which is swinging dramatically at first but
eventually comes (almost) to rest.
First version filmed at Grey Area, Brighton, UK. |
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X |
1st pass 2 mins, 47 secs 2nd pass 1 min, 57 secs |
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Clown |
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| Video
Camera |
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| Chord |
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| DVD PAL |
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Practice Description |
Oct-07 |
Text version of Artist's Statement hung by Bob
and Roberta Smith as part curation for Resonance FM at Frieze 2007. Hard copies of this statement available at
£8.50 each. |
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X |
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A4 Print |
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There is a Failing Man |
Sep-07 |
One of a series of prints
produced, at a rate of one per year, on 11th September, as part of a
life-long initiative. Each print
represents one frame in a digital animation.
A written piece is commissioned in response and a new title is
developed each year. As part of
extensive play and research in the creation of each print the artist reserves
the right to alter this system completely. |
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40-60 years (giving a 1.5-2.5 secs
of movie) |
X |
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C-Type Print on Aluminium, 1m by
2m |
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Ego Triptych |
Mar-07 |
Three pictures submitted as
entries for the Royal Academy Summer Show 2007. These were not selected. |
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X |
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£50 note, £20 note, £10 note,
Quails eggs, Frames |
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Rearing 03 |
Mar-07 |
Performed by the artist as part of In Every Home a Heartache ('queer
mutiny night, punk electro glam rocknroll disco') at The Cowley Club, Brighton, UK. Much controversy surrounded the use of eggs
at this vegan venue. |
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X |
24 mins |
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4 Potties (2 green, 1 white and
1 'gold') |
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| 144 Eggs |
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| Clown |
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Rearing 02 |
Nov-06 |
Second performance with Dave Thompson at
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK. |
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X |
40 mins |
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4 Potties (2 green, 1 white and
1 'gold') |
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| 144 Eggs |
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| Clown |
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Rearing 01 |
Sep-06 |
Live Art with clown involving smashing 12 dozen
eggs held in first of 3 children's potties and separation of egg contents and
shell into two next potties. The
artist feeds the process with potties of fresh eggs as they are used up. On average 1 egg should be processed every
10 seconds. Initial performance at
Brighton Marina, UK. |
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X |
1 hr |
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4 Potties (2 green, 1 white and
1 'gold') |
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| 144 Eggs |
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| Clown |
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Some Buildings Die of Old Age |
Sep-06 |
One of a series of prints
produced, at a rate of one per year, on 11th September, as part of a
life-long initiative. Each print
represents one frame in a digital animation.
A written piece is commissioned in response and a new title is
developed each year. As part of
extensive play and research in the creation of each print the artist reserves
the right to alter this system completely. |
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40-60 years (giving a 1.5 to 2.5
secs of movie) |
X |
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C-Type Print on Aluminium, 1m by
2m |
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Piecing 02 |
Jun-06 |
Second version
of this perfomed by Dave Thompson at www.mocksim.org/Summer06Show.htm |
X |
X |
1 hr minimum |
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X |
Clown |
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| 36
secaudio loop |
DVD Movie |
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Analogue TV |
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DVD Player |
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Finger Puppet |
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Dying |
Jun-06 |
Animation to be played on mini analogue TV. Winston Churchill tells a joke. The laughter has been removed. Lip synced through face found in broken mug
(see Cormac's Cup). See also
www.mocksim.org/Summer06Show.htm. |
X |
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13 sec loop |
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X |
DVD Movie |
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| Mini
Analogue TV |
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| DVD
Player |
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| Stand
or Table |
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See Sea Asymptote |
Jun-06 |
Collaborated with 7 others to develop a piece
for the main gallery at Grand Parade campus at the University of
Brighton. Each day a new bin liner or
suitable sack was filled with helium balloons. |
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7 days |
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X |
Helium Balloons |
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| Bin-Liners |
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Sinking |
Jun-06 |
Canned laughter played from a CD player on a
stand in a dark theatre or theatre-like space containing rows of seats. The stand and chairs are at an angle to the
stage (or similar performance platform).
See also www.mocksim.org/Summer06Show.htm. |
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2 minute, 48 sec loop |
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X |
Audio CD |
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| Player |
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| Stand |
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| Chairs |
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| Suitable
Venue |
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Framing |
Jun-06 |
Children's potties containing cups, saucers and
coffee positioned at certain points in and around an existing exhibition. |
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X |
7 Cups and Mugs |
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| 7
Children's Potties |
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| 6
Saucers |
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| Coffee |
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Piecing 01 |
May-06 |
Animation to be played on TV as part
of Live Art activity. For the
performance the performer lies on back, forehead underneath the TV, ears
connected to audio output. After the event a finger-puppet is left beneath the
set. Performed by Rosie Rogers at Grey
Area: http://www.mocksim.org/TroubleWithThem.htm |
X |
X |
1 hr minimum |
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X |
Clown |
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| 36 sec
audio loop |
DVD Movie |
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Analogue TV |
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DVD Player |
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Finger Puppet |
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Playing |
Mar-06 |
An outcome of experiments which involved placing
helium filled balloons in larger plastic bags. Performance with Jayne Eagle. Camera Colleen Walker. |
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X |
1 min record |
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Helium Balloons |
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| 2 Large
Bin-Liners one transparent |
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| 2
Participants |
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Landing |
Feb-06 |
Virtual figurative objects
created with materials stolen from Michael Landy's Scrap
Heap Services tumbling around in an animation. |
X |
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5 mins |
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DVD (PAL foramt) |
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Ending |
Jan-06 |
This looping animation uses the same
raw material as Cormac's Cup, data from a scanned smashed mug, and simulates
duplicates of that object being dropped. The animation is projected in
Portrait through a helium filled balloon.
See also www.mocksim.org/Summer06Show.htm |
X |
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1 min loop |
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DVD Movie |
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You May Not Drink From the Holy Cup |
Jun-05 |
Live Art event and records for process in which
a clown breaks mugs and then attempts to reassemble them. During the performance the clown takes
direction from the artist and through mimicking a video of himself. |
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X |
15 mins |
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X |
Suitable Space |
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| Analogue
TV |
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| Hammer |
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| Mugs |
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| Glue,
Jug, Scissors |
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| DVD
Movie |
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Wake Up and Smell |
Jun-05 |
A series of cups, saucers and spoons organised
in formation. |
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X |
9 Coffee Mugs Pret a Manger |
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| (A
Spectre is Haunting) |
7 Cups Café Nero |
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1 Illy Cup |
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7 Saucers |
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14 Spoons |
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Cormac's Cup |
Jun-05 |
The title, found after the piece was made,
relates to an old Celtic folk tale. In
the animation the components of a broken mug separate and reassemble. For the purposes of producing it a real mug
was smashed and the individual parts were scanned in using specialist
hardware. The animation should be
projected up in the proximity of a hammer and the real pieces of mug. |
X |
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1 min loop |
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DVD Movie or VCD |
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| Hammer |
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| Smashed
Mug |
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Cup21 etc. |
Nov-04 |
A series of 'stolen ready-mades' installed at
Tate Modern. |
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X |
6 Cups, Saucers from coffee and
fast-food outlets |
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| Display
titles |
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| Text |
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Commuter |
Oct-04 |
Initially influenced by
observations of passengers, standing, some inebriated, travelling on London
Underground. This is the first
animation which employed Second Order Differential Equations. Ideally the animation is projected up so
that the rectangular frame edge blurs and is not apparent. |
X |
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1 min loop |
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DVD Movie or VCD |
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Markov13 |
Jul-04 |
Developed as part of a series of
digital animations for the annual Big Blip event in Brighton, UK. The animated cubes' movements are based on
simple Markov Chain mathematics, a crude method for simulating how molecules
move in space. |
X |
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1 min loop |
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DVD Movie or VCD |
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Terminus20 |
Jul-04 |
Animation utilising imagery and
sounds obtained through research around Brighton Rail Station, UK. Aspects of 2D animation were created using
Discrete Event simulation software (used for modelling queuing systems and
processes) |
X |
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1 min loop |
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DVD Movie or VCD |
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Train04 |
May-04 |
Looping stop-motion animation
with chant. The toy train moves on a
circuit bounded partly by the limits of the camera's image frame. The artist's newborn daughter slept on his shoulder
as he recorded the 600 or more frames required to make this. |
X |
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1 min and 12 secs |
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DVD Movie or VCD |
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Tyre06 |
Apr-04 |
Looping digital animation which
uses the equation of the simple pendulum.
Initially based on observations of a car-tyre swinging from a tree. |
X |
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36 secs |
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DVD (PAL format) or VCD |
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