Untitled [Installation at the Natural History Museum]

work

Mat Collishaw: Untitled [Installation at the Natural History Museum]. o.J.

Creator

Mat Collishaw.

Keywords

installation

Source

Dokumentation: Manifesta 1. Dokumentation / Documentation

Note

Installation at the Natural History Museum By means of a pair of tropical parrots called "lovebirds" Matt Collishaw shows us a pseudo-experiment in behavioural science. The lovebird is a species that leads a life-long monogamous relationship and cannot live without the partner. In Collishaw's installation, which is partially based on the painting "The Arnolfini Portrait" by Jan van Eyck, the birds can see their deformed reflection in a convex mirror (Text: Maifesta)

Events

Manifesta 1. European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Foundation European Art Manifestation, International Foundation Manifesta, Natural History Museum

last modified at 02.09.2003