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The Art Assignment
Surface Test - Kim Beck
Season 2
Episode 22
You probably made rubbings in elementary school, but Kim Beck views rubbings as field recordings. She wants you to take a snapshot of a particular place by making a rubbing of the ground you're standing on.
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