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Awfully Wonderful: Science Fiction in Contemporary Art

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15 April – 14 May 2011, Performance Space, Sydney.

Artist / Author Performance Space
Editor Bec Dean, Lizzie Muller
ISBN 978-0-9808700-4-6
Reference P1691
Date 2011
Type Publication

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