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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mat Collishaw, ΑΩ, 2016
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mat Collishaw, ΑΩ, 2016
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Mat Collishaw, ΑΩ, 2016
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    Mat Collishaw Nottingham, UK, b. 1966

    ΑΩ, 2016
    Space helmet, replica skull, LCD screen, media player, glass, wood
    164 × 90 × 100 cm

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    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Mat Collishaw, Talons, 2016
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    The work is a visualization of the human desire to conquer new spaces. In a video projected onto the glass of a discarded astronaut’s helmet, the viewer sees an image...
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    The work is a visualization of the human desire to conquer new spaces. In a video projected onto the glass of a discarded astronaut’s helmet, the viewer sees an image of a chimpanzee peering curiously at the world on the other side of the glass. Similarly, humans are eager to explore the world beyond their natural habitat and, driven by curiosity, set out to conquer space and colonize distant territories.
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    Exhibitions

    Mat Collishaw. The Machine Zone. Gary Tatintsian Gallery. Feb 25–Jun 25, 2022
    Beyond 2001: Odysseys of Intelligence. Museo de la Evolución Humana, Burgos, Spain. Apr 5–Dec 9, 2019
    Beyond 2001: Odysseys of Intelligence. Fundación Telefónica. Madrid, Spain, Oct 31, 2018–Jan 17, 2019
    Daydreaming with Stanley Kubrick. Somerset House, London, UK. Jul 6–Aug 24, 2016

    Publications

    Mat Collishaw. The Machine Zone. Gary Tatintsian Gallery, 2022 pp. 69–77
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