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“You can go to a psychoanalyst one day and then go the next day and something else will come out. So, yes, there was some preparation. But still, when a person gets hypnotized, you don't really know what the outcome will be.”

Quote by Pierre Huyghe

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Pierre Huyghe is a French artist known for his interdisciplinary artistic practice. His works blend film, installation art, photography, and performance, exploring concepts of time, memory, and reality. more

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