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TMCPPPTHIS MAN CAN PREDICT THE PRICE OF PETROL/WATI NAGATJA NINTI RAWA PRICE-PA PETROLA-KU.

ARALUEN CULTURAL CENTRE ALICE SPRINGS, 2013

INSPIRED BY A TIME IN INDIA WHEN OUR BIKE RAN OUT OF FUEL, DRIVING BACK TO THE BIKE IN A TAXI SNIFFING THE GLASS BOTTLE OF FUEL WE HAD, THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PETROL WE HAD USED TO RIDE FROM ISTANBUL TO THERE, THE COLOURS, THE PRICES...THERE WAS A LARGE BILLBOARD EVERYWHERE IN INDIA AT THE TIME ADVERTISING THE MOVIE GHAJINI - A HUNCHED OVER WILD KIND OF CHARACTER, ALMOST MYSTICAL - THIS IMAGE BECAME THE MAN.

WHAT IS THE COST OF PETROL? WHY IS THE PRICE ALWAYS CHANGING? AND WHAT OF THE OTHER COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL, PHYSICAL? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SNIFF IT...

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