Work
Untitled [Installation at the Natural History Museum]
Creator: Mat Collishaw
Installation
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)
- Manifesta 1. European Biennial of Contemporary Art, 09.06.1996 – 19.08.1996, International Foundation Manifesta, Natural History Museum, Foundation European Art Manifestation, Nederland, Amsterdam, Nederland, Rotterdam, Martin Beck, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Tadej Pogacar, Eulalia Valldosera, Mathias Poledna, Douglas Gordon, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Pipilotti Rist, Olafur Eliasson, Regina Möller, Vadim Fiškin, Fabrice Hybert, Bernhard Fuchs, IRWIN, Tobias Rehberger, Roman Ondák, Sam Taylor-Wood, Wolfgang Tillmans, Susann Walder, Joseph Grigely, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (Kurator/in), Róza El-Hassan, János Sugár, Robert Jankuloski, Suchan Kinoshita, Nedko Solakov, subREAL, Dimitrij Gutov, Viktor Misiano (Kurator/in), Uri Tzaig, Liza May Post, Jenny Marketou, Maria Eichhorn, Ayse Erkmen, Tamara Grcic, Christine Hill, Tracey Mackenna, Oleg Kulik, Ivana Keser, Mat Collishaw, Esko Männikkö, Jitka Hanzlová, Katalin Néray (Kurator/in), Renée Kool, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Rosa Martínez (Kurator/in), Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Andrew Renton (Kurator/in), Jaan Toomik, Didier Trenet, Arsen Savadov, Georgij Senchenko, Mette Tronvoll, Yuri Leiderman, Patrick Van Caeckenbergh, Soo-Ja Kim, Tommi Grönlund, Petteri Nisunen, Carsten Höller & Rosemarie Trockel, Catherine Yass, Eva Marisaldi, Piotr Jaros, Paco Vacas, Huang Yongping, Kathy Temin, NEsTWORK, Marie Ange Guilleminot, Pavel Kopriva, Mila Bredhikina, Valeri Podoroga, Alexey N. Isaev, Entertainment & Co., Roger Meintjes, Rogelio López Cuenca, Siraj Izhar, Lydia Venieri, Pit Schulz, Maurice O'Connell, Luca Quartana, Hale Tenger, Koo Jeong-A
Archival processing: