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Commissioned by Harald Inhülsen for MasterclassFilm. A companion piece to Leandro Varela's Self Portrait, also part of the same commission.
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2015-05-02
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0.0
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5.0
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5.8
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7.1
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5.9
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0.0
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2.0
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6.7
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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6.7
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6.1
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5.3
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6.4
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5.3
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3.0
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