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Kapan iki is a sculptural work created by Mona Hatoum in 2012. The medium includes mild steel and hand-blown glass. The dimensions of the work vary depending on how the sculptures are set up in the display space.

Five black steel cages in the shape of tall cuboids are scattered on the floor in the display area. The cages are tilted at different angles and resemble slanting buildings. The structures are of different heights, ranging from the height of an adult’s waist to that of the shoulders. The cages are made by bending and assembling ribbed black rebars, and the corners are rounded. The rebars are evenly distributed vertically and horizontally to form grids, through which the interior of the cages can be seen.

At the bottom of the interior of each cage sit one or two rounded objects made of transparent red glass. Each could be held by cupped hands. Viewed through the glass objects, the rebars at the bottom seem to be tinted red. The glass objects vary in form and shape as if they are living organic masses. All but one have a cone-shaped top with a hole in the middle. The hole is where air was introduced through a blowpipe to expand the glass. The bodies of the glass objects are plump and bulbous. They are dented by the rebars and seem to be bulging out from the grids. Some partially wrap around the rebar. Each glass piece looks like a mass of sticky liquid that has solidified while being poured out from the cage, with the main body still stuck inside. One of the glass objects is flat in shape, which appears to have just escaped out of the cage but is pinned down by the cage’s edge.

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