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The small white ramp on the floor is one of Nguyen’s recent series of objects that imply a certain function, but don’t actually have one. To the left is a folded sheet that she spraypainted objects on and plans to reuse in another piece. “I save everything I use, because sometimes it turns into another project,” she says. “I’m always using the remnants of one thing to create another thing. Nothing’s ever done.”