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The exhibition also presents score sheets on music stands of Deux Arabesque by Claude Debussy (1862-1918), a composition that interpreted the arabesque motif through music. On each of the sheets, the artist has drawn one letter from the word Orientalism. The ink covers certain notes, creating voids and deconstructing the melody. The distorted composition is played back by a digital processor, revealing the blind spots of the initial European interpretation of the form.