This group installation began with a casual exchange and interaction over a meal within our Studio group. We investigated the concept of "exchange" and explored its reinterpretation. From it, we established the four stages of a conversation/ exchange and designed our installation around these parameters.

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We called the first stage, the initiation, in which "mulled wine", a metaphor for conversation is poured down filters. 

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The filtration of the mulled wine is the second stage of the conversation, it represents the flow and filtration of information.

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The third stage is called Embossing, various spice and orange peels have been removed at this stage and the remaining wine is channeled into the grooves of a press and embossed onto paper. This stage represents the record of the conversation.

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The final stage is the removal and collection of the stained and embossed paper which forms the "memory" of the conversation.

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