Mona museum in Tasmania offers visitors 2.4-billion-year-old oxygen in new permanent art installation
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Sarah Aitken
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Mona (Museum of Old and New Art) in Tasmania has unveiled a new permanent installation by artist Julian Charrière where visitors can inhale oxygen trapped in iron ore for 2.4 billion years, dating back to the Great Oxidation Event. The artwork, housed in a bespoke underground space created by museum owner David Walsh, offers a unique sensory experience connecting people to deep geological time. The oxygen is so ancient and pure that it has never been breathed by any living being before.
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deep in the subterranean belly of the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, a new artwork offers visitors the chance to inhale oxygen that's been trapped in iron ore since then
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