The number 2020 screams tension.
There's an inherent rivalry between its two matching parts.
It sits there waiting to divide.
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An apt number then for a year that's borne witness to stark divisions.
That's seen, once again, an increasing polarisation of social, economic and political attitudes.
This project, entitled 20/20, attempts to make these forces of polarisation tactile.
We've cast an object using a combination of magnets and jesmonite.
It's designed to be held, felt and toyed with.
It's split into two smaller parts.
Each twin is a twenty-sided reflection of the other.
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On first glance they look like they should fit together.
Try to do so and opposing magnetic forces mean they are nearly,
but not quite, impossible to unite.
