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These works start by drawing a shape in a virtual reality environment. The shape is a hybrid of mark-making and sculpture; as it is 'drawn' the shape appears to float in the air with all the immediacy of a gesture but the physical presence of an object. This is then 'wrapped' in a high-resolution scan of a historical artwork. The artwork is stretched across the length of the shape, making it unrecognisable, but retaining a summary of its colours, and in some cases, an impression of its content. These works are a development of the Augmented Gestures and can be viewed as compressing a whole painting into a single action, wrought in a virtual environment.