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Controversy around Canberra sculpture

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Moth Ascending the Capital sculpture
Moth Ascending the Capital by Alexander Knox is designed to evoke the image of a bogong moth bursting into flight.(ABC Canberra: Jim Trail)

Alexander Knox's public artwork 'Moth Ascending the Capital' was a love letter to the moths of Canberra, but the loud, orange sculpture wasn't received kindly at first.

Story by Adrienne Francis, additional production by Elsa Silberstein.

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