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Art Review

A lingering look at the world

Akerman's videos give the mind space to roam

By Sebastian Smee
Globe Staff / June 8, 2008

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Coming out of the hypnotic exhibition of Chantal Akerman videos at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, you may find your eyes gliding perpetually to the left. So fond is Akerman of the steady sideways scan that returning to normal vision takes time. The world feels different - abruptly so, as it does when stepping off a trampoline. (Full article: 1439 words)

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