Dear Friends and Colleagues,  I have the great pleasure to invite you to the opening of SUPERNATURAL, my solo exhibition at Pulsar, an independent exhibition space by and for artists. All new works will be exhibited for their first time. I will be delighted to meet you there. ***** Tramaine de Senna’s SUPERNATURAL is part of an ever-evolving body of work that bears witness to the artist’s intense relationship with materials and her interest in issues such as the migration of forms, pop and material culture, internalized violence, exuberance, and the enduring ambiguous presence - “ghosts” - of histories. Executed via the plasticity of foam, textiles, and 2-composite materials, the SUPERNATURAL series are sculptures of biomorphic, abstracting, and rectilinear entities, radiating information in non-narrative ways, existing in lives outside human consciousness. These nomadic elements, drifting through time and space, are extracted from a vast visual and audio bank compiled by the artist. They reveal a myriad of ongoing preoccupations including Brutalist architecture of electrical power and telecommunications, children’s television programming, exotica for armchair safari-ers, frontier idioms, architecture between the world wars such as streamline modernism, funk and soul music, toys, and the creativity of “passing” to avoid stigma. She makes a visual and conceptual link, for example, between the physical manifestation of internalized violence and the formalism of certain hybrid plastic injection molded toys, equating both to the grotesque (deformation bodies, tortured souls). In this sense, her forms are analytical and emotive, an exercise in social dissection that inhabits a haunting formalism, heightened by tactility, bouts of scale, and a visceral use of texture and color. ***** Opening: FRIDAY, MARCH 15th, 2019; 19:00 > 22:00 ***** Exhibition: MARCH 15 - APRIL 6, 2019 ***** Viewing dates: Saturday - Sunday, March 16th and 17th; 14:00 > 18:00 … or visit by appointment: +32 (0) 499 63 21 65 ***** PULSAR Frankrijklei 51 2000 Antwerp, Belgium website | Instagram | Facebook Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten - event Dear friends and colleagues, On Friday, November 16th, 2018, from 18-22:00, I am pleased to announce the opening of "In the Pines," a duo exhibition with artist Eline De Clercq at Haecken & Ooghen. Several new works of mine will be displayed for the first time in this exhibition.  left image: painting by Eline De Clercq; right image photo credit (starting at upper right, clockwise): Haecken & Ooghen Klapdorp 35 2000 Antwerp (BE) Opening: Friday, November 16, 2018; 18-22:00 Exhibition dates: November 17 - December 9, 2018 Gallery hours: Saturday - Sunday, 14-18:00 Dear friends and colleagues, This Sunday, September 2nd, 2018, from 2 - 4pm, I am pleased to announce a "Meet & Greet" with painter Farah Atassi and me, regarding our Permeke Museum in Jabbeke, Belgium. the tour is free and will commence promptly at 2pm within the ticket office.   photos by: Els Verhaeghe ***** Constant Permeke Museum (Mu.ZEE) Gistelsteenweg 341 8490 Jabbeke Belgium +32 (0) 59 50 81 18 Meet & Greet with Farah Atassi and Tramaine de Senna "Universal Folkore" curated by Ilse Roosens Sunday, September 2nd, 2018 2 - 4pm / 14 - 16 uur Free; register via info@muzee.be Exhibition dates: June 3rd - October 21, 2018 Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 12:30pm, 1:30 - 5:30pm closed on Mondays    Dear friends and colleagues, From August 26th until October 7th, 2018, in which I am presenting a new work within WARP's window display. You are more than welcome to see this and art from "kunstenaars, samplers, leugenaars, residenten en dissidenten."  above: Joe Louis and Max Schmeling “ [...] each perpetually assumes the guise of the other, creating that dense, many-sided and shifting reality which is the world we live in and the world we make. To tell his story is to begin to liberate us from his image and it is, for the first time, to clothe this phantom with flesh and blood, to deepen, by our understanding of him and his relationship to us, our understanding of ourselves and of all men. [...] there are whites and blacks among us who hate each other, we will not; there are those who are betrayed by greed, by guilt, by blood lust, but not we; we will set our faces against them and join hands and walk together into the dazzling future when there will be no white or black.”^1    Opening Sunday, August 26th, 2018; 14 - 17 hr confirm your presence at: info@warp-art.be (free) Exhibition Information August 26th - October 7th, 2018 (Wase Artistieke Projecten) Apostelstraat 20 9100 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium *****  above: Max Schmeling Twenty artists received an original copy of Signaal, a very popular German military propaganda magazine distributed during World War II in the occupied territories. Starting from this source material the artists create new work, in diverse materials and contexts. They all work on the thin line between fact & fiction, between truth & lies. Verknipt will be officially opened with a speech of political journalist Ivan De Vadderand with a musical sampling by opera singer Eurudike De Beul. In co-operation with the library of Sint-Niklaas.  Description of the photo above: Way back in 1976 the word Hammerfriar was coined when Jill Plamann and her husband Steve decided to name any joint venture they created. Based on the words hammer-for-hire they would do anything they could to earn a dime to support their artistic ventures. NEWS: Hammerfriar Gallery celebrates its first 13 Years with a retrospective of 41 artists. This is the final show curated by influential Gallery founder, Jill Plamann, who is retiring after 40 years of presenting art. The Gallery will now continue under the direction of new owners Charly Leys and Glenn Young. Hammerfriar Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art with a vision. Since our inception in 2005, we have developed a reputation as one of Sonoma County's premier galleries -- representing both established and emerging artists from the greater San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Our artists are diverse in their expression and backgrounds, yet they share a common intuition and vision that is conveyed in their individual styles and mediums. Through exhibitions of paintings, sculpture and mixed media art, we come together to explore a central philosophy deeply rooted in humanity, time and space. 41 VISUAL ARTISTS: Chris Beards, Edi Bergman, Seymour Bergman, Francesco Cafiso, Ryan Carrington, Peter Crompton, Robyn Spencer-Crompton, Sandy Deeks, Ryan Douglas, Ann Gerber, Harley, Pamela Holmes, Jenny Honnert, John Hundt, Britta Kathmeyer, Sally Krahn, Frank LaPena, Pat Lenz, Hamlet Mateo, Gene McClelland, Penny Michel, Frank Miller, Monty Monty, Art Moura, Jann Nunn, Daniel Oberti, Sherry Parker, Molly Perez, Catherine Richardson, Deborah Salomon, Tramaine de Senna, Bill Shelley, Judson King Smith, Claude Smith, Robert Michael Smith, Shelley Spira Burns, Alice Sutro, Mike Tinney, James Vogel, Victoria Wagner, and Kathleen Yorba EXHIBITION: June 23 - August 25 RECEPTION: June 23 6 - 9 PM 132 Mill Street, Ste. 101 Healdsburg, CA 95448 707-473-9600 Tu-Fr, 10-6, Sat, 10-5 From June 3rd to October 21st, 2018, I am pleased to announce an exhibition curated by Ilse Roosens of paintings by Farah Atassi and a mixture of new and older works from my oeuvre at the Constant Permeke Museum in Jabbeke (through Mu.Zee in Oostende, Belgium).  Like Constant Permeke’s, the works of Farah Atassi and Tramaine de Senna manifest a keen interest in folkloric motifs. The artists copy and mix the imagery of objects that are often situated in an ethnographic or design context, such as carpets, masks or toys. In the first half of the twentieth century, Permeke and several of his contemporaries adopted the forms of African masks and sculptures. They were motivated by a fascination with the aesthetic qualities of the objects. Vernissage: Sunday, June 3, 2018: 11am / 11uur Registration required, click this link, and enter this code: Zomerfestival2018 Meet & Greet with Farah Atassi and Tramaine de Senna: Sunday, September 2, 2018: 2 - 4pm / 14 - 16uur Both artists will take you into the exhibition (during Permekes Boekentuin). Register via info@muzee.be You are cordially invited to the preview of 'Popo-caté-petl' on Friday 25 May 2018 in Bernaerts Kunstveilingen at 6 pm. The exhibition will be open during the Antwerp Art Weekend, the 26 & 27 May 2018, from 12-18:00.  Participating artists: Patrick Vanden Eynde, Joris Vanpoucke, Karl Philips, Guillaume Bijl, Tom Poelmans, Wim Van der Celen, Caroline Coolen, Yannick Ganseman, Jakub Rehak, Lisse Declercq, Tramaine de Senna, Anne Van Boxelaere, and Karl Philips A map with a limited collection of multiples will be offered for sale. During the evening of January 9, 2018, I am pleased to exhibit my new works - Rancho Meadows - during Trampoline Gallery's /’haɪə en (nʊ)/ exhibition series. Please stop by if you are in the area.  /’haɪə en (nʊ)/ From December 7th, 2017 until January 20th, 2018, Trampoline invites you to its new project /’haɪə en (nʊ)/, a series of group and solo exhibitions, concerts, events, lectures, performances, screenings and talks. Artists exhibiting are: Stefaan Dheedene, Manon van den Eeden, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Vaast Colson, Simon Wald-Lasowski, Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson, Social Harmony presenting David Edren, Kris Van Dessel, Tramaine de Senna, Yannick Ganseman, CMMC, Nienke Baeckelandt, Ken Verhoeven, Guido de Pooter, Peter Lemmens, and Kris Van Dessel. Next to the normal opening hours, the gallery will be open each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evening, from 8 to 11 p.m. and will function as a bar. Check Trampoline's Facebook and Instagram accounts for the day-to-day program. Thanks to Tubelight for the collaboration concerning the review of the various events. Trampoline Gallery Vlaamse kaai 47 2000 Antwerp T Simon Delobel (founding director) +32 493 07 81 53 T Daniela Apice (director) +31 642 14 13 62 EXTRA OPENINGS HOURS for the /’haɪə en (nʊ)/ project Tuesday, 8-11 p.m. Thursday, 8-11 p.m. Saturday, 8-11 p.m. On Saturday, November 25, 2017, from 12 - 4 o'clock p.m. / 12 - 16 hour, I am pleased to announce the opening of 'There is Always An Alternative', an exhibition by Platform102, taking place at the Moonens Foundation in Brussels, Belgium. Works from eight sets of artists, including my new DEVO-LUTION series, will be exhibited.  Text: Cultural cliches are the source of inspiration for the presentation 'There is Always an Alternative'. The show comments on the power to change mindsets towards a concept of identity that denies singularity through reinterpretations of social ethics, behavioral stereotypes, and social justice. Artists: Ben Benaouisse (MA/BE), Beverly Buchanan,1940-2015 (USA), Tramaine de Senna (USA), Arianne Foks (FR), Industry of the Ordinary (USA), Saori Kuno (JP), and Joel Tauber (USA) To coincide with 'There is Always an Alternative' a series of 'playlist interventions' will be released over the course of the presentation in collaboration with podcast Rue14n14. Opening: Saturday, November 25, 2017; from 12 - 4 o'clock p.m. / 12 - 16 hour Exhibition Dates, by appointment: platform102@gmail.com November 26, 2017 - January 12, 2018 More info: Location: Rue Philippe de Champagne 50 1000 Brussels, Belgium 'Exposition réalisée avec le soutien de la Fondation Moonens' I am proud to announce that on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 16:30, AZ Alma Ziekenhuis - Zorg met een Hart - will present their publication, "Kunst in opdracht in AZ Alma," highlighting art specifically commissioned and installed within this new hospital's healing environment. A walking tour including all sets of ten artists' works accompanies this event.   Two sets of commissioned artworks which I and fellow artist Joke Raes executed will be in the unveiled publication for the evening. These commissioned artworks are: 1) two facing tapestries (above, left) of the AZ Alma's "healing hands" with laser cut imagery adhered onto two layers of organza and silk; at 5 stories tall each - 15.5 meters (H) x 6 meters (W); and installed within the main entrance hall/ atrium. and 2) 1- to 6-panel unique lenticular "moving" photograph sets of my and Joke Raes' artworks, permanently installed within 25+ waiting rooms/ wachtkamers (above, right). AZ Alma Ziekenhuis will also conduct a walk-thru tour of installed artworks by artists: Sander Anseeuw, Joke Raes, Tramaine de Senna, Hans Everaert, Willy De Sauter, Steven Baelen, Paul Gees, Sarah Westphal, Cindy Wright, and Hans Vanderkerckhove Programma: 16U30: Onthaal 17U00: Academische zitting door dhr. Hans Martens, directeur Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Mechelen en curator 18U00: Rondgang langs de kunstroute o.l.v. de leden van de kunstcommissie van AZ Alma 19U00: Receptie Ringlaan 15 9900 Eeklo Belgium Algemeen nummer: +32 (0) 9 310 00 00  with lenticular photographs of artworks by Tramaine de Senna (left) and Joke Raes (right).  above: A view of AZ Alma Ziekenhuis' first floor atrium/ entrance hall with with laser cut imagery, adhered onto two layers of organza and satin; commissioned to artists Joke Raes and Tramaine de Senna.  Above: Some of many dedicated caretakers and medical practitioners working at Eeklo's AZ Alma Ziekenhuis - Zorg met een Hart. On Sunday, September 17, 2017, at 14:00 hour/ 2:00 o'clock p.m., in the company of many artists' works, including mine, at Traumdepot Burgernziel Bern, Switzerland. Please stop by.   Artists exhibiting are: Niki de Saint Phalle, Willy Suter, Vivi Linnemann, Kurt Baumann, Rudolf Tschudin, Walter Vogeli, Peter von Wattenwyl, Thomas Probst, Lis Kocher, Margo, Milan Spacek, Ottmar Hörl, Oliver Czarnetta, Tramaine de Senna, Johannes Haider, Peter Probst, Hanspeter Schumacher, Christo, Christoph Pöggeler, Rosalie, Frédéric Belser, Peter Binz, Franca Heller, Markus Gauch, Ruth Moro, Markus Bless, Verena Immenhauser, Bernhard Annen, Adrien Jutard, Katharina Henking, Eugene Traber, Katharina Mörth, and Maria Dundakova Vernissage/ Opening: Sonntag, 17. September 2017; 14:00 Uhr/ Sunday, September 17, 2017; 2 o'clock p.m. Ausstellungsdauer/ Exhibition Dates: 17. September 2017 bis zum 29. Oktober 2017/ September 17 - October 29, 2017 Finissage: Sonntag, 29. Oktober ab 12:00 Uhr/ Sunday, October 29, 2017; 12:00 o'clock p.m. Öffnungszeiten/ Open hours: Donnerstag & Freitag, 15:00 - 19:00 Uhr Samstag & Sonntag, 12:00 - 17:00 Uhr/ Thursday - Friday, 3 - 7:00 o'clock p.m. Saturday - Sunday, 12 - 5:00 o'clock p.m. Ausstellungsort/ Exhibition Location: Tramdepot Burgernziel Bern Thunstrasse 104 - 106 Bern Swizterlandwww.traumdepot2017.ch Die Ausstellung ist für alle Besucher Barrierefrei zugänglich. Gemeinschaftsprojekt von: Ute Winselmann Adatte, art curating Tel. 032 322 95 55 Natel 078 736 09 37 ute_von_asuel@gmx.ch Marianne Reich Arn Tel. 031 311 48 49 Natel 079 688 22 52 mra@kunstreich.ch will open to the public. I have the pleasure to announce the completion of two sets of commissioned artworks - the atrium and wachtkamers - within this healing environment, accomplished in cooperation with my colleague, Joke Raes. Nieuw adres: Ringlaan 15, 9900 Eeklo, Belgium On Saturday, November 19, 2016, from 6 - 9:00 o'clock p.m. / 18 - 21 hour, My ceramic VOMs, which I made and imported from the Netherlands, will be on display. Please stop by.    in preparation for making slip-cast molds for earthenware ceramic V.O.M.s Exhibition Dates: November 19, 2016 - January 28, 2017 Public Reception: Saturday, November 19, 6 - 9:00 o'clock p.m. Hammerfriar Gallery 132 Mill Street, Suite 101 Healdsburg, California 95448 US telephone: + 1 707 473 9600 hours: Tuesday - Friday: 10 - 6pm; Saturday: 10 - 5pm Small Works by: Sandy Deeks, Pamela Homes, Britta Kathmeyer, Penny Michel, Frank Miller, Jann Nunn, Tramaine de Senna and Bill Shelley.  On Saturday, September 10, 2016, from 6 - 9:00 o'clock p.m. / 18 - 21 hour, I am pleased to announce the opening of my solo exhibition Please stop by.  Exhibition Dates: September 10 - November 5 extended to November 12, 2016 Public Reception: Saturday, September 10, 6 - 9:00 o'clock p.m. Hammerfriar Gallery 132 Mill Street, Suite 101 Healdsburg, California 95448 telephone: + 1 707 473 9600 hours: Tuesday - Friday: 10 - 6pm; Saturday: 10 - 5pm If you are in Chicago's Lower West Side/ Pilsen (Plzeň) neighborhood this upcoming Friday, an exhibition organized between Antena (US) and Platform 102 (BE).  "Paperworks" brings together the work of five young international artists sharing a common theme of reinterpretation in their practice. At some point each artists has used paper products in untraditional methods to express issues such as memory, politics and public interactions. The eclectic and minimalist installation of works organized by Platform 102 (Brussels) at Antena (Chicago) explores these issues through the mediums of video, photography, instructions and process driven practices. Artists: Léa Belooussovitch (FR), Marc Buchy (FR), João Freitas (PT), Saori Kuno (JP), Tramaine de Senna (US) Opening: Friday, May 20th, 2016; 6 - 10pm Exhibition Dates: May 20 - June 17, 2016 Antena 1755 S. Laflin Street Chicago, Illinois 60608 US If you are in Antwerp for the weekend, come see "The Moving Image: HISK at Antwerp Art Weekend", Friday - Sunday, May 20 - 22, 2016  (image courtesy of: Jonathan Paepens, "As he Descended the Mountain") Opening: 2016/05/20 12:00 Art Festival link Guy Van Bossche: Unterseeboot über Malermeister - a retrospective at Mechelen's Cultural Center, December 5th, 2015 - February 7th, 2016   If you like, this upcoming Friday, December 4th, 2015, from 19h00 - 22h00 in Mechelen's Cultural Center, Guy Van Bossche's retrospective, Unterseeboot über Malermeister, will occur with works by: Carla Arocha and Stéphane Schraenen, Guillaume Bijl, Wim Catrysse, Colson, Bert De Beul, Tramaine de Senna, Niels Donckers, Robin Foesters, Daan Gielis, The Letter dozers, Ria Pacquée, Eleni Paschalidis, Koen Sels Jelle Spruyt Walter Swennen, Dennis Typhoid, Anne Van Boxelaere, Koen van den Broek, Patrick Vanden Eynde, Rinus Van de Velde, Marc Vanderleenen, Pieter Vermeersch and Luc Tuymans  Opening: Friday, December 4th, 2015; 19 - 22h00 Exhibition Dates: December 5th, 2015 - February 7th, 2016 Opening hours: Thursday - Sunday, from 13h00 - 18h00 Cultuurcentrum Mechelen Minderbroedersgang 5 2800 Mechelen Tel.: +32 0 15 29 40 00 Fax: +32 0 15 29 40 29 E-mail: cultuurcentrum@mechelen.be Website: http://www.cultuurcentrummechelen.be Guy Van Bossche, represented by MULIER MULIER GALLERY "It takes two to make an accident" HISK Laureates 2015 Our final exhibition after two years of research at the Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten Opening: Friday the 13th (of November 2015), 6 - 10:00 'clock p.m. + After party in the HISK Café.  Exhibition dates: November 14 - December 7, 2015 Opening: Friday the 13th (of November 2015), 6 - 10:00 'clock p.m. + After party in the HISK Café. Hours of operation: Thursday - Monday, 12 - 6:00 o'clock p.m 2015 Laureates: Loukia Alavanou, Leyla Aydoslu, Benjamin Verhoeven, Flurin Bisig, Laure Cottin Stefanelli, Raffaella Crispino, Tramaine de Senna, Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sigurðardóttir, Marie-Fleur Lefebvre, Ella Littwitz, Emmanuel Van der Auwera, Egon Van Herreweghe, Klaas Vanhee Curator: Selen Ansen Grete Simkuté wrote an article for Belgium's (h)art magazine (October 22, 2015) about my solo exhibition, which will close on Halloween, October 31, 2015.  From September 25 - October 29th, 2015, fellow colleagues and I will be exhibiting at the sixth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Art Center Hugo Voeten proudly presents my solo exhibition, exhibiting from August 28th to October 31st 2015.  Text: The Californian artist, Tramaine de Senna, is interested in the migration of forms in relation to material culture and political economies. Through a staging of her work as artifacts, de Senna cues a visual cinematic memory in relation to the viewer under which histories manifest. Next to older works, the emphasis of this exhibition will be on her most recent creations. Tramaine de Senna (°1981, San Francisco, California) is currently based in Ghent where she is following an artist in residency at the HISK (Higher Institute of Fine Arts). Curator: Lisa van Gerven VERNISSAGE: Thursday, August 27, 2015 20:00 - 23:00 EXHIBITION DATES: August 28 - October, 2015 ART CENTER HUGO VOETEN Vennen 23 2200 Herentals, Belgium Phone +32 (0) 475 55 51 25 info@artcenterhugovoeten.org are happy to invite you to a dinner followed by an artist talk in Céline Germès' studio on Wednesday, July 1st, starting from 20h00. SPINNEREI HALLE 14 / Ground floor Spinnereistrasse 7 04279 Leipzig-Plagwitz, Sachsen, Germany  As part of a one-month exchange between the H.I.S.K. (Higher Institute for Fine Arts, Advanced Studies & Practice-based Research in Visual Arts; Ghent, Belgium) and the Spinnerei (Leipzig, Germany), two artists, Laure Cottin Stefanelli (FR) and Tramaine de Senna (US), will introduce their work. For the month of June, I will be on an artist exchange at the Spinnerei in Leipzig, Germany  IF YOU WISH... come see my new works at the HISK OPEN STUDIOS 2015  Vrijdag / Friday 29 May 2015 — 14:00 > 20:00 Zaterdag / Saturday 30 May 2015 — 14:00 > 20:00 Zondag / Sunday 31 May 2015 — 14:00 > 20:00 Maandag / Monday 01 June 2015 — 14:00 > 20:00 Elke dag videoscreening + interviews met de kunstenaars in hun studio door Vincent Geyskens en Oscar van den Boogaard. Voor meer informatie, zie www.hisk.edu. Every day videoscreening + interviews with the artists in their studio by Vincent Geyskens and Oscar van den Boogaard. For detailed information, see www.hisk.edu. Artists: Loukia Alavanou GR, Leyla Aydoslu DE, Flurin Bisig CH, Laure Cottin Stefanelli FR, Raffaella Crispino IT, Tramaine de Senna US, Lydia Debeer BE, Indrikis Gelzis LV, Minja Gu KR, Alejandra Hernández CO, Lien Hüwels BE, Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sigurðardóttir IS, Marie-Fleur Lefebvre FR, Ella Littwitz IL/DE, Almudena Lobera ES, Oleg Matrokhin RU, Pedro Moraes BR, Joke Raes BE, Jura Shust BY, Diana Tamane LV, Anne Van Boxelaere BE, Emmanuel Van der Auwera BE, Egon Van Herreweghe BE, Klaas Vanhee BE, Benjamin Verhoeven BE, Wieske Wester NL HISK Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten Higher Institute for Fine Arts Charles de Kerchovelaan 187a 9000 Ghent, Belgium Phone +32 9 269 67 60 Starting Friday, May 22nd @ 7pm, and throughout that weekend, I am pleased to announce Cruz & Gomez's "The Fallibility of Formulation"; a group exhibition located in Genk, Belgium. Ten artists, including me, will present work. 15 maps of 10 limited edition prints, made by each artist uniquely for this show, will be for sale. Cruz & Gomez Maaseikerbaan 96 3600 Genk Belgium above: initial design for limited edition poster to be sold during the weekend exhibition   Check out my new work, the Candy Colored Clown,  Opening hours - Friday 24 April - Preview (11am-5pm) & Vernissage (5pm-10pm) by invitation only - Saturday 25 - Monday 27 April, from 11am - 7pm - Monday 27 April, from 11am - 8pm Brussels Expo (Heysel) Halls 1 & 3 Place de Belgique, 1 1020 Brussels Belgium's VRT Nieuws (Channel 2) aired two interviews pertaining to the HISK: one with our artists currently attending the HISK. |
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