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>> The project explores the circumstances we live in, a new and uncharted combination of digital labor markets, "crowdsourcing," "virtual economies," and digital reproduction.

How does this explore "the circumstances we live in"? I'm not knocking the project, but that is a bold, unsubstantiated claim.

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It's boilerplate art installation talk. The more profound sounding the higher the chances of getting someone to exhibit the work.

Yeah, this is pretty standard stuff for artist statements. One of my favorite part about going to art shows is finding the pieces with the most pretentious descriptions.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/jan/27/users-gui...

I could be wrong, but I think the sentence is really meant to convey:

The project explores the circumstances we live in: a new and uncharted combination of digital labor markets, "crowdsourcing," "virtual economies," and digital reproduction.

(a colon instead of the first comma.)

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