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FLUID STATES. SOLID MATTER
Videonale 18.

On what basis do we live, think and act nowadays? And how are we shaping this basis for the future? The works of the exhibition FLUID STATES. SOLID MATTER open a discourse on these questions. How does our thinking of the relationship of human beings to their environment change when we no longer see the body as solid and autonomous - as it has been the case until now - but as fluid. As fluid bodies - or "Bodies of Water", as gender researcher Astrida Neimanis puts it -
we as human beings no longer stand above nature, but in interaction with it, with the living being, with the systems that surround us.
Image: © Ida Kammerloch, Resusci Anne, 2019/2020

Alexandra Meijer-Werner

Between 1993 and 2002 Alexandra Meijer-Werner's artistic work focused on creating video installations with multiple projectors, and combining sound, texture and interaction with the public. She also produced a number of documentaries which evidence her profound interest in personal transformation and the awakening of human consciousness.

Please have a look to an introduction of her work on blinkvideo.
Image: © Eugenia Meijer-Werner

Moving Images / Moving Bodies
Online screening programme in cooperation
with the Goethe-Institut Bulgaria

Curated by Ludwig Seyfarth

Research into the human body and interpersonal relationships remain central themes in video and moving image art. Artists from Bulgaria and Germany, whose work is related in content, will be shown in pairs over the next weeks. The exhibition planned for November 2020 in Sofia has been postponed until 2021. Instead, a consecutive presentation of selected films by artists from Moving Bodies/Moving Images is presented on blinkvideo.
image: © Elitsa Dimitrova

Shooting Ghosts
Online screening programme in cooperation
with the Goethe-Institut Bulgaria

Curators: Kalin Serapionov, Krassimir Terziev

What we propose in this programme is a highly subjective and fragmented view on current practices in moving image in the Bulgarian art scene. We focused on practices that show affinity with speculative narratives - narratives that not just record what is in front of the cinematic eye, but also capture all the ghosts that are unreachable by the apparatus, thus projecting speculative views that intend not merely to describe, but to transform the world.
image: © Veneta Androva

Featured videos

Alexandra Meijer-Werner
Kreislauf / cycle … revolution … circulation, 1997

Kreislauf is an oneiric trip about the continuous cycle of human rebirth. Our dreams create the fabric in which the threads or individual tendencies appear and disappear, only to become visible once again. The dynamic of this video is a weave of repetitions and juxtapositions of the experiences that create the dance of life. Everything is cyclic, nothing disappears; everything is perpetually mutating in landscapes of anguish and joy, violence and calm, solitude and union. The traveler is the active force of his own fate when he realizes that what is most significant in life is the act of living itself.

Björn Braun
without title (excerpt), 2012

Sandra Boeschenstein
Besuchte Linie auf Granit, 2014

I encountered the roundworm in the Alps when I attempted to repair the water catchment of the cabin after a storm. I wished for this animal found at the spring to be a visited line, then searched for potential visitors and found, just nearby, a nest of firebugs in a dried chestnut leaf, which I placed just outside of the image field. The granite slab, roundworm, bugs’ nest and a fly lived their lives within a radius of 100 meters. My part in this was to bring them into direct proximity for the duration of an hour, to focus my camera and to breathe onto the upper part of the lens, in order to increase the atmospheric depth of the picture. Finally, to come to the allegation I’ve made via the title that something was a line that actually is an animal (when normally, in a contrary approach, characteristically formed lines represent animals or the like). The combination of the simplicity in the foundation / bedrock with a simultaneous insecurity in view of scale and nature of this white line, holds my fascination.

Isabella Fürnkäs
In Ekklesia, 2015

The title, ‘In Ekklesia,’ comes from the Greek word ‘ecclesia,’ which refers to the democratic parliament that served Athens in its halcyon days by being open to male citizens every other year. Solon, an Athenian legislator and a sage, allowed all citizens to serve the parliament regardless of their social class in BC 594. The Ecclesia made decisions about war, military strategies, and all judicial and administrative issues. This work satirizes various facets of humans and machines in the 21st century, unconsciously within a dystopian environment. Isabella Fürnkäs introduces a method of combining and overlaying countless images in her work, providing the new experience of sensations that act in ambiguous flows, movements, interference, and interjection. The piece is about the new metaphysical and material connections appearing through digital conversations that are divorced from the general notion of time and space, as well as isolation and alienation. Text by Hyun Jeung Kim (Nam June Paik Art Center Seoul)

Ryan Gander
Man on a bridge - (A study of David Lange) , 2008

A digital video transferred from 16 mm film shows a number of slightly differing takes of the same short sequence: A man walks over a bridge and seems to notice something over the railing to his left hand side. As he moves in for a closer inspection, the film cuts, which is then followed by another take of the same shot.

Wim Catrysse
MSR, 2014

On the Kuwait roads the journey goes in a western direction, past military bases and a line of oil transporters. Dreary sound sequences are pumped out by the radio. In the middle of rubbish heaps by the roadside a pack of wild dogs is trying to find shelter from the wind. Wim Catrysse presents the Kuwait desert both as a post-apocalyptic setting and as protagonist. During the journey, the car window is an obstacle, made even more so by the screen. The viewer, dumped in the desert, does not manage to reach it through the window. MSR, the Main Supply Route, is the main highway used to coordinate military operations in the Gulf War in 1990/91 and the War in Iraq in 2003. Filming is forbidden here, so the pack of wild dogs carries the story at first. But their behaviour keeps on bringing the desert into focus as the principal actor. Underlined by the sound track, its seeming hostility to life awakens the impression of a dystopian timelessness reminiscent of the apocalyptic scenarios in films and makes the viewer feel ill at ease. Catrysse examines conventions, both in a political-dogmatic and in a filmic sense.Nathalie Ladermann

Johanna Reich
CRAWLER, 2020

A crawler is a searchbot in the internet which Johanna Reich uses to collect special comments or phrases about the most discussed topics during the last years like A.I., climate change, digital revolution, gender and the turn of democratic systems. Johanna Reich selects several of the collected phrases composing a robot performance: self-driving projectors move across the exhibition space and project comments about a.i., gender or climate change onto the audience and architecture.

Annika Kahrs
solid surface, with hills, valleys, craters and other topographic...., 2014

solid surface,with hills,valleys,craters and other topographic features,primarily made of ice„solid surface, with hills, valleys, craters and other topographic features, primarily made of ice“ is set in a planetarium with a projected starry sky, in the center of which is situated a light spot, that explores the space. The Film deals with the moment, shortly before the actual visualization of pluto’s surface properties, whereas the entire cupola hall of the planetarium serves as a metaphorical projection surface of Pluto. The round light spot formally points to the shape of the celestial object and functions as placeholder for its soon arising image.

Ann Oren
The World Is Mine, 2017

In cosplay of the Japanese cyber diva Hatsune Miku, the artist moved to Tokyo, seeking an identity in the world of Miku fanatics, where she was drawn into a love affair with one of the fans. Miku is a Vocaloid, a vocal synthesizer software personified by a cute animated character. Her entire persona: lyrics, music and animation – is fan created, and that's her charm. She even performs sold out concerts as a hologram. By transforming herself into a Miku character through cosplay, Oren enters a world of real hardcore fans where fantasy is more real than reality and the differentiation between the two becomes obsolete. The film examines the performative nature of cosplaying – dressing up and playing the role of fictional characters – as a hybrid space where reality blurs into fetishistic fantasies and pop culture clichés. Combining fan-made lyrics and songs, Oren's trials and tribulations in the fictional Miku world unfolds through vague erotic episodes and encounters with characters whose ontological status remains mysterious, bringing to mind the adventures of a modern Alice in a virtual Wonderland.

Jonathan Monaghan
Den of Wolves, 2020

Den of Wolves is a seamlessly-looping video installation drawing on a range of references to weave a new multi-layered mythology. The work follows three bizarre wolves through a series of increasingly surreal retail stores as they search for the regalia of a monarch. Composed of one continuous camera shot, the work is an immersive, dreamlike journey drawing connections between popular culture, institutional authority and technological over-dependence.

Stefan Panhans
HOSTEL Sequel #1: Please Be Careful Out There, Lisa Marie – H.V.Installation Mix, 2018

At transmediale, Stefan Panhans and Andrea Winkler show their work HOSTEL Sequel #1: Please Be Careful Out There, Lisa Marie – Hybrid Version, a new project that combines film, installation, and staccato stage reading (on blinkvideo we are showing a trailer of the integrated film). With everyday racism, celebrity worship, stereotypes, and the dominating power of the economic all on the rise, precariously and flexibly traveling cultural workers of different origin deliver a sort of spoken word battle about their experiences and dreams. They constantly switch roles and, at the same time, form a choir that clashes with the rapped reports of everyday life. As in a collaborative gymnastic exercise—surrounded by scenery made up of set pieces from outfits of airports, hostels, and courier services, from self-optimization tools and game show displays—they fight for a voice and to be heard, building new alliances along the way. for more information: opening of transmediale

Mariola Brillowska
Children Of The Devil, 2011

Mariola Brillowska’s animation film relates the total collapse of the family system in the 21st century. Six cartoon episodes present an unsparing account of how children become murderers of their parents.

Julia Charlotte Richter
Point Blank, 2019

“Point Blank” refers to a film scene from "The Misfits" (1961) that is now re-enacted and further contextualized. In the original scene, the recently divorced main character Roslyn (Marilyn Monroe) rises up against three worn-out cowboys and, in the middle of the desert, confronts the men with all their lacks and lost dreams. In “Point Blank”, we see a young woman wandering around in surreal desert landscapes, a journey into the remoteness of the world and her own inner life. With every step out into the desert, the girl descends into her own depths searching for a place that seems to be suitable for her emotions and words. Unlike Roslyn, the young woman now refers to absent addressees: "Liars", "Murderers" and "Dead Men" she screams and turns around wildly. The words, which spread like bullets in the air, fall back on her. Except for a faint echo, there is no resonance at this place that depicts the obsessions of a distorted, patriarchal society and has become a dramatic backdrop of yearnings within the collective history of cinema. Where Roslyn was able to elicit a terrified astonishment from the three men, the character in Julia Charlotte Richter's video remains to herself and unheard, the desert as the only witness of her manifesto, her anger and her strength.

Ulrich Polster
Frost, 2003 / 2004

The night city. Industrial ruins filmed in contrejour. Memories from childhood. Different places and times combined at the mountain. It is a hollow portrait of Eastern Europe that carries the traces of its history.

Ene-Liis Semper
FF REW, 1998

Dimitri Venkov
The Hymns of Muscovy, 2018

The film is a trip to the planet Muscovy, which is an upside down space twin of the city of Moscow. As the title of the work suggests, the journey also takes us back in time. Gliding along the surface of the planet, we look down to the sky and see historic architectural styles fly by - the exuberant Socialist Classicism aka Stalinist Empire, the laconic and brutish Soviet Modernism, and the hodgepodge of contemporary knock-offs and revivals of the styles of the past. An essential companion to this journey through time and space are Hymnic Variations on the Soviet anthem by the composer Alexander Manotskov. The anthem was written in 1943 and has undergone three editions of lyrics yet musically remained unchanged to now serve as the official anthem of the Russian Federation. Manotskov used an early recording of the anthem as source material to create three electronic variations each corresponding to an architectural style. As if in a twist of Goethe’s phrase, architecture plays its frozen music. Look closely, can you hear it?

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Michael Najjar

Works


Statement

The focus of Michael Najjar´s work is on key elements of our modern society driven and controlled by computer and information technologies. Najjar transmutes science, history and philosophy into visions and utopias of future social structures emerging under the impact of cutting-edge technologies. The fusion of realistic elements with fictitious realities, is a recurrent hallmark in his work which is usually composed in thematically focused series. Najjar demonstrates the potential of the photographic image, capable of making visible what is normally invisible to the human eye. His work visualizes what very often is beyond the limits of our perception, unveiling what is hidden under the surface of what he calls “telematic society“.


Biography

Born 1966 in Landau, Germany
lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

1988-1993 Bildo Academy, Berlin, Germany
graduated in photography / new media art

Selected solo exhibitions

2015
"Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire
horizon? - Video works from the outer space series"
Museo Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
"outer space"
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
"outer space"
Galleria Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
"outer space"
Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain

2011
"Data Flows - Between Megacities and Financial Markets"
Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2010
"high altitude"
Galleria Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
"high altitude"
Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland
"high altitude"
Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxemburg

2009
"bionic angel"
Dvorak Sec Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
"high altitude"
Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA

2008
"high altitude"
Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain
"netropolis"
Einstein Galerie, Berlin, Germany
curated by Gerald Uhlig

2007
"Augmented Realities - Michael Najjar /
Works 1997 - 2008"
Museum of Photography and
GEM - Museum for Contemporary Art
The Hague, Netherlands
curated by Wim Van Sinderen
"netropolis"
Dubai Design Forum, Dubai, UAE
curated by Elie Dormit

2006
"japanese style"
Wilhelm-Hack Museum / Rudolf-Scharpf Galerie
Ludwigshafen, Germany
curated by Susanne Ecker
"bionic angel"
Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA

2005
"netropolis"
Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland

2004
"Michael Najjar. Selected Works"
Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain
curated by Sherin Hamed

2003
"japanese style"
Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Berlin, Germany

2002
"netropolis"
Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA
"information and apocalypse"
Goethe-Institut, New York, USA
"z one zero - Between Simulation and Hyperreality"
Selected Works 1997-2002
Galerie im Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany
curated by Gisela Kayser
"no memory access"
Kunsthalle Hamburg / Galerie der Gegenwart
Hamburg, Germany
"japanese style"
Sony Center, Berlin, Germany
in collaboration with Teutloff Kultur + Medienprojekte

2001
"splitimages - A Trip Through Reality"
Galerie Zagreus Projekt, Berlin, Germany
"no memory access"
Sony exhibition space
Internationale Funkausstellung, Berlin, Germany

2000
"splitimages - A Trip Through Reality"
Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany

1999
"nexus project part I"
Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany

1998
"nexus project part I"
Photokina, Kodak exhibition space, Cologne, Germany
"Reise in den Zwischenraum"
Galerie Raab, Hamburg, Germany
"¡viva fidel! - Reise in die Absurdität"
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Forum Fotografie,
Hamburg, Germany
curated by Gabriele Philipp

1997
"Reise im Kreis"
Projectspace Oberbaum City, Berlin, Germany
"¡viva fidel! - Eine Reise in die Absurdität"
Einstein Galerie, Berlin, Germany

1994
"¡viva fidel! - Eine Reise in die Absurdität"
Galerie Alter Wiehrebahnhof, Freiburg, Germany
"annäherung"
European League of Institutes of the Arts, Berlin, Germany

Selected group exhibitions

2015
"Reflexiones en torno a la nueva colección de Pilar Citoler"
Casa Mena, Málaga, Universidad Internacional
de Andalucía, Spain
curated by Alfonso de la Torre
"Exo-Evolution"
ZKM - Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
curated by Andreas Beitin
"Lo Sguardo di… / The Gaze of…"
UniCredit Pavilion, Milano, Italy
curated by Walter Guadagnini
“Fühlst du nicht an meinen Liedern dass ich eins
und doppelt bin“
Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
curated by Mateo Chacón Pino
"Out There - Video Art, New media & Photography
on landscapes in Public Space"
Viewmaster Projects, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
curated by Bart van den Boom
"Paris Photo"
art fair presentation with Benrubi Gallery
New York, USA
"AIPAD Photography Show New York"
art fair presentation with Benrubi Gallery
Paris, France
"ARCO 2015"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Madrid, Spain

2014
"Progress and Hygiene"
Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
curated by Anda Rottenberg
"Facts & Fictions. Contemporary Photography from the Art
Collection UniCredit"
Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Russia
curated by Walter Guadagnini
"Datascape"
Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain
curated by Benjamin Weil
"Fotoverhalen"
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands
curated by Wim van Sinderen
"EINBLICKE - in die Sammlung Wemhöner"
Osram-Höfe, Berlin, Germany
curated by Philipp Bollmann
"Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014"
Kochi, India
curated by Jitish Kallat
"Meta.Morf - Lost in Transition"
Biennale for Art and Technology
Trondheim Art Museum, Trondheim, Norway
curated by Espen Gangvik
"entrepreneur award 4.0"
Werkhalle Wittenstein, Igersheim-Harthausen, Germany
curated by Felix Hoffmann
"The Photographers 2014"
Beetles + Huxley Gallery, London, UK
"Beste Aussichten"
Galerie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, Germany
"Miami Project"
art fair presentation with Benrubi Gallery
Miami, USA
"Paris Photo"
art fair presentation with Benrubi Gallery
Paris, France
"Art Dubai"
art fair presentation with Carroll / Fletcher Gallery
Dubai, UAE
"ARCO 2014"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Madrid, Spain

2013
"Datascape"
Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey
curated by Benjamin Weil
"Landmark: The Fields of Photography"
Somerset House, London, UK
curated by William Ewing
"Generosity - Donations and Loans from the ZKM Collection"
ZKM - Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
curated by Andreas Beitin
"ISEA Sydney"
19th International Symposium of Electronic Arts /
The Streaming Museum, Sydney, Australia
curated by Nina Colosi
"Microwave New Media Festival"
The Streaming Museum, Hong Kong, China
curated by Nina Colosi
"Sikkah Art Festival"
The Streaming Museum, Dubai, UAE
curated by Nina Colosi
"Ah Lord, love me passionately"
Nikolai Church, Bielefeld, Germany
curated by Sigfried Zielinski
"Accumulations"
Galerie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, Germany
curated by Sabin Bors
"Ikono - On Air Festival"
online exhibition
curated by Vanina Saracino
"Tattoo - The Face of Freedom"
online exhibition, Teutloff Museum
curated by Peter Weibel
"Art International Istanbul"
art fair presentation with Carroll / Fletcher Gallery
Istanbul, Turkey
"ARCO 13"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Madrid, Spain

2012
"Data Deluge"
Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, USA
curated by Rachel Gugelberger
"Il Fuoco della Natura / The Flash of Nature"
Salone degli Incanti - Ex Pescheria, Trieste, Italy
curated by Marco Puntin and Jonathan Turner
"Miniature"
GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague, Netherlands
curated by Ria and Lex Daniels
"Schaubilder"
Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
curated by Thomas Thiel
"Terra Cognita"
Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, The Netherlands
Photofestival Noorderlicht
curated by Wim Melis
"Bedlam"
Lazarides Gallery / Old Vic Tunnels, London, UK
curated by Steve Lazarides
"We Write This To You From The Distant Future"
Public Art Screens, Norway
curated by Hege Tapia Gaare
"Zero1 Biennial"
San Jose, USA
curated by Jaime Austin
"The Golden Cage"
Kunstbüro Berlin, Berlin, Germany
curated by Nicole Loeser, Ruth Martius and Katharina
Buncke
"ARCO 12"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Madrid, Spain
"Mia - Milan Image Art Fair"
art fair presentation with Galleria Maggiore
Milan, Italy

2011
"ATLAS. How to Carry the World on One's Back?"
ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
curated by Georges Didi-Huberman
"ATLAS. How to Carry the World on One's Back?"
Deichtorhallen / Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg,
Germany
curated by Georges Didi-Huberman
"Portraits in Series - Photography of a Century"
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
curated by Gabriele Betancourt
"La travesía de una colección - Los Bragales"
Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
curated by Jaime Sordo
"Miniature"
GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague,
Netherlands
curated by Ria and Lex Daniels
"Architektur in der Kunst - Architekturen des Augenblicks"
Kunsthalle Bahnitz, Germany
curated by Bodo Rauh
"Identity"
Art Stations Foundation, Poznan, Poland
curated by Paulina Kolczynska
"We Write This To You From The Distant Future"
Wilson Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, USA
curated by Nina Colosi
"Alt. +1000"
Festival de Photographie de Montagne
Rossinière, Switzerland
curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer
"Metropolis - City Life in the Urban Age"
Photofestival Noorderlicht, The Netherlands
curated by Wim Melis
"The Minotaur"
Lazarides Gallery / Old Vic Tunnels, London, UK
curated by Steve Lazarides
"Art Cologne 2011"
art fair presentation with Galleria Studio la Città
Cologne, Germany
"Artefiera Bologna"
art fair presentation with Galleria Studio la Città
Bologna, Italy
"ARCO 11"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Madrid, Spain

2010
"Apocalipsis"
CAC Málaga, Spain
curated by Fernando Francés
"Estancias, Residencias, Presencias"
TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Spain
"For Real - 30 Utopian Projections in Public Space"
Maastricht, The Netherlands
curated by Bart van den Boom
"Meta.Morf 2010 - New.Brave.World!"
Biennial for Art and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
curated by Alex Adriaansens
"Zero One - San Jose Biennial",
San Jose, USA
curated by Steve Dietz
"Tina B. - Prague Contemporary Art Festival"
Prague, Czech Republic
curated by Valerie Dvoráková
"The Big Screen Project"
New York, USA
curated by Nina Colosi
"Cocor Media Channel"
Bucharest, Romania
curated by Nina Colosi
"Engineering the Landscape"
Forward Thinking Museum, virtual exhibition
curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer
"20 ans déjà !"
Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland
"Trouble with Love"
Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic
"ARCO 10"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Madrid, Spain
"The Armory Show"
art fair presentation with Galleria Studio la Città
New York, USA
"Art Cologne"
art fair presentation with Galleria Studio la Città
Cologne, Germany
"Scope Basel 2010"
art fair presentation with Dvorak Sec Contemporary
Basel, Switzerland
"Art Brussels"
art fair presentation with Galerie Guy Bärtschi
Brussels, Belgium

2009
"Trouble in Paradise"
Tucson Museum of Art, Tuscon, USA
curated by Julie Sasse
"Jahresgaben"
Leopold Hösch Museum, Düren, Germany
curated by Xenia Litvin
"Fluid Architecture"
New Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
curated by Susanne Jaschko
"Landscape as a Dream"
Galleria Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
curated by Luigi Meneghelli
"Tattoo"
Teutloff Collection, virtual exhibition
curated by Peter Weibel
"Vision - Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie"
Darmstadt, Germany
curated by Ute Noll
"Taboo - Photomeetings Luxemburg 2009"
Luxembourg
curated by Marita Ruiters
"Glow Festival 2009"
International Forum of Light in Art and Architecture
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
curated by Bettina Pelz / Tom Groll
"ARCO 09"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Madrid, Spain
"Art Dubai 09"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Dubai, UAE
"Art Brussels 09"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Brussels, Belgium

2008
"En privat 1"
Museo Es Baluard, Palma, Mallorca
curated by Cristina Ros
"Map Games"
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
curated by Monica Piccioni, Rosario Scarpato
"Map Games"
Museum of Contemporary Art, Birmingham, Great Britain
curated by Monica Piccioni, Rosario Scarpato
"Dislocate 08"
exhibition space souzoUKUKan9001, Tokyo, Japan
curated by Emma Ota
"2008 Culturas - Año europeo del diálogo intercultural"
online exhibition - www.2008culturas.com
curated by Elena Vozmediano
"Reminiscences - Old Masters of Tomorrow"
White Square Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
"Festival of Digital Art"
New Dehli, India
"Esquire Show – Los Angeles"
Esquire House 2008, Los Angeles, USA
"Digital Media Show"
Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain
"Optica Festival"
Gijón, Spain
"ARCO 08"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Madrid, Spain
"Arte Lisboa 2008"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Lisbon, Portugal
"Art Brussels 08"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Brussels, Belgium
"Pulse Miami 08"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Miami, USA

2007
"Face - The New Photographic Portrait"
FORMA. International Centre for Photography, Milano, Italy
curated by William Ewing / Nathalie Herschdorfer
"First International Photographic Art Prize - Arte Laguna"
Brolo Centro d’Arte e Cultura, Venice, Italy
"7 Wochen - 7 Künstler"
Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany
curated by Johann Holten
"Act of Faith"
Noorderlicht Photofestival, The Netherlands
curated by Wim Melis
"Poetic Terrorism"
Festival Edición Madrid (fem), Spain
curated by Elga Wimmer
"Esquire Show 2007",
Esquire House, New York, USA
curated by Steve Sacks
"Elison and Peter W. Klein Collection"
Museum Kunstwerk, Stuttgart, Germany
curated by Peter W. Klein
"ARCO 07"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Madrid, Spain
"DFoto 07"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
San Sebastián, Spain
"Arte Lisboa 07"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
Lisbon, Portugal

2006
"Cities, Architecture and Society"
Venice Biennial - 10th International Architecture Exhibition,
Venice, Italy
curated by Elena Foster / Antonio Sanz
"Urban Dynamics"
9th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
curated by Nelson Herrera
"Mascarada"
Museo DA2.domusartium 2002, Salamanca, Spain
curated by Bodo Rau
"Photo Trafic"
Centre pour l´ image Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
curated by André Iten
"Visibilities_between Facts and Fiction"
Edith-Ruß Site for Media Art, Oldenburg, Germany
curated by Sabine Himmelsbach
"Mass Media Manipulation"
Photomeetings Luxemburg 2006, Luxemburg
curated by Marita Ruiter
"Mass Media Manipulation"
Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxemburg
"Seoul Photo Show"
Gana Art Center, Seoul, South-Korea
"Paris Photo 06"
art fair presentation with Galerie Clairefontaine
Paris, France
"Venice Video Artfair 06"
presentation with Douz & Mille Gallery, Washington
Venice, Italy
curated by Rafaelle Gavarro
"ARCO 06"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Madrid, Spain
"DFoto 06"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
San Sebastián, Spain

2005
"Future Face"
National Museum of Science, Taichung, Taiwan
curated by Tak-Cheung
"Über Schönheit/About Beauty"
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
curated by Shaeen Merali / Wu Hung
"First Korean Group Show"
Bitforms Gallery, Seoul, South-Korea
"Traces and Omens"
Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Groningen, The
Netherlands
curated by Wim Melis
"The Junction of East Longitude 116.65 and
North Latitude 40.13"
Convergence Biennial, Beijing, China
curated by Feng Boyi
"Ciudades/Cities"
Photography Festival Photoespaña 05, Madrid, Spain
curated by Horacio Fernández
"The City: Contemporary Views of the Built Environment"
Lehman College Gallery, New York, USA
curated by Susan Hoeltzel
"City of Future"
Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit,
Frankfurt, Germany
curated by Petra Skiba
"Art Cologne"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Cologne, Germany
"ARCO 05"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Madrid, Spain
"Diva Video Art Fair"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
New York, USA
"DFoto 05"
art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió
San Sebastián, Spain

2004
"The Beauty of Failure / The Failure of Beauty"
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
curated by Harald Szeemann
"Future Face"
Science Museum, London, UK
curated by Sandra Kemp
"Art Works from The F.C. Gundlach Collection"
Kulturbehörde der Freien Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany
"Touch and Temperature"
Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA
curated by Michael Rees
"Touch and Temperature"
Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA
curated by Michael Rees
"ARCO 04"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Madrid, Spain
"Grenzgänge"
Photokina 2004, Cologne, Germany
"Art Cologne"
art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery
Cologne, Germany

2003
"A Clear Vision – Photography from the F.C. Gundlach
Collection"
Deichtorhallen, International House of Photography
Hamburg, Germany
curated by Zednek Felix
"Bitforms Group Show 2003"
Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA
"Designkrokken"
Museum Traphold, Kolding, Denmark
curated by Eva Bræmer-Jensen
"What´s next?"
Danish Design Center (DDC) Copenhagen, Denmark
curated by Lene Tanghøj

2002
"Mythos St. Pauli"
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
curated by Gabriele Philipp
"Bilder die bewegen - Mißelbecks Gefährten"
Kunstverein Siegburg, Germany
"(White) Cubes"
c/o Galerie Berlin, Germany

2001
"Digital"
Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Germany
"Verfremdete Fremde"
Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Berlin,
Germany
"Strange Reality"
Galerie Blickensdorf, Berlin, Germany
"(White) Cubes"
Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany

2000
"Designmensch"
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Forum Gestaltung,
Hamburg, Germany
curated by Gabriele Philipp

1999
"Video Virtuale Foto Fictionale
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
curated by Reinhold Mißelbeck

1998
"Erkennen Erkennen"
Design Center Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen, Germany
"Kodak/BFF Digital Imaging Award"
PPS Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany
"Photokina 98"
Kodak/BFF, Cologne, Germany

1997
"Transformator I-V"
Project Space Oberbaum City, Berlin, Germany
"Kodak/BFF Digital Imaging Award"
Kodak House, Essen, Germany

1993
"Kunst verfremdet"
Kulturhaus Dock4, Kassel, Germany

1990
"Variationen zum anonymen Bild"
Galerie Treppenhaus, Berlin, Germany

1989
"Die Photographische Simulation"
Bildo Akademie, Berlin, Germany
curated by Gabriele Philipp

Michael Najjar
Born 1966 in Landau, Germany lives and works in Berlin, Germany Education 1988-1993 Bildo Academy, Berlin, Germany graduated in photography / new media art Selected solo exhibitions 2015 Who gave us the sponge to wipe away the entire horizon? - Video works from the outer space series Museo Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain outer space Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany outer space Galleria Studio la Città, Verona, Italy outer space Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain 2011 Data Flows - Between Megacities and Financial Markets Young Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2010 high altitude Galleria Studio la Città, Verona, Italy high altitude Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland high altitude Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxemburg 2009 bionic angel Dvorak Sec Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic high altitude Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA 2008 high altitude Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain netropolis Einstein Galerie, Berlin, Germany curated by Gerald Uhlig 2007 Augmented Realities - Michael Najjar / Works 1997 - 2008 Museum of Photography and GEM - Museum for Contemporary Art The Hague, Netherlands curated by Wim Van Sinderen netropolis Dubai Design Forum, Dubai, UAE curated by Elie Dormit 2006 japanese style Wilhelm-Hack Museum / Rudolf-Scharpf Galerie Ludwigshafen, Germany curated by Susanne Ecker bionic angel Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA 2005 netropolis Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland 2004 Michael Najjar. Selected Works Galería Juan Silió, Santander, Spain curated by Sherin Hamed 2003 japanese style Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Berlin, Germany 2002 netropolis Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA information and apocalypse Goethe-Institut, New York, USA z one zero - Between Simulation and Hyperreality Selected Works 1997-2002 Galerie im Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, Germany curated by Gisela Kayser no memory access Kunsthalle Hamburg / Galerie der Gegenwart Hamburg, Germany japanese style Sony Center, Berlin, Germany in collaboration with Teutloff Kultur + Medienprojekte 2001 splitimages - A Trip Through Reality Galerie Zagreus Projekt, Berlin, Germany no memory access Sony exhibition space Internationale Funkausstellung, Berlin, Germany 2000 splitimages - A Trip Through Reality Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany 1999 nexus project part I Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany 1998 nexus project part I Photokina, Kodak exhibition space, Cologne, Germany Reise in den Zwischenraum Galerie Raab, Hamburg, Germany ¡viva fidel! - Reise in die Absurdität Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Forum Fotografie, Hamburg, Germany curated by Gabriele Philipp 1997 Reise im Kreis Projectspace Oberbaum City, Berlin, Germany ¡viva fidel! - Eine Reise in die Absurdität Einstein Galerie, Berlin, Germany 1994 ¡viva fidel! - Eine Reise in die Absurdität Galerie Alter Wiehrebahnhof, Freiburg, Germany annäherung European League of Institutes of the Arts, Berlin, Germany Selected group exhibitions 2015 Reflexiones en torno a la nueva colección de Pilar Citoler Casa Mena, Málaga, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, Spain curated by Alfonso de la Torre Exo-Evolution ZKM - Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany curated by Andreas Beitin Lo Sguardo di… / The Gaze of… UniCredit Pavilion, Milano, Italy curated by Walter Guadagnini “Fühlst du nicht an meinen Liedern dass ich eins und doppelt bin“ Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland curated by Mateo Chacón Pino Out There - Video Art, New media & Photography on landscapes in Public Space Viewmaster Projects, Rotterdam, The Netherlands curated by Bart van den Boom Paris Photo art fair presentation with Benrubi Gallery New York, USA AIPAD Photography Show New York art fair presentation with Benrubi Gallery Paris, France ARCO 2015 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain 2014 Progress and Hygiene Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland curated by Anda Rottenberg Facts & Fictions. Contemporary Photography from the Art Collection UniCredit Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Russia curated by Walter Guadagnini Datascape Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain curated by Benjamin Weil Fotoverhalen Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, The Netherlands curated by Wim van Sinderen EINBLICKE - in die Sammlung Wemhöner Osram-Höfe, Berlin, Germany curated by Philipp Bollmann Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014 Kochi, India curated by Jitish Kallat Meta.Morf - Lost in Transition Biennale for Art and Technology Trondheim Art Museum, Trondheim, Norway curated by Espen Gangvik entrepreneur award 4.0 Werkhalle Wittenstein, Igersheim-Harthausen, Germany curated by Felix Hoffmann The Photographers 2014 Beetles + Huxley Gallery, London, UK Beste Aussichten Galerie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, Germany Miami Project art fair presentation with Benrubi Gallery Miami, USA Paris Photo art fair presentation with Benrubi Gallery Paris, France Art Dubai art fair presentation with Carroll / Fletcher Gallery Dubai, UAE ARCO 2014 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain 2013 Datascape Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey curated by Benjamin Weil Landmark: The Fields of Photography Somerset House, London, UK curated by William Ewing Generosity - Donations and Loans from the ZKM Collection ZKM - Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany curated by Andreas Beitin ISEA Sydney 19th International Symposium of Electronic Arts / The Streaming Museum, Sydney, Australia curated by Nina Colosi Microwave New Media Festival The Streaming Museum, Hong Kong, China curated by Nina Colosi Sikkah Art Festival The Streaming Museum, Dubai, UAE curated by Nina Colosi Ah Lord, love me passionately Nikolai Church, Bielefeld, Germany curated by Sigfried Zielinski Accumulations Galerie Sherin Najjar, Berlin, Germany curated by Sabin Bors Ikono - On Air Festival online exhibition curated by Vanina Saracino Tattoo - The Face of Freedom online exhibition, Teutloff Museum curated by Peter Weibel Art International Istanbul art fair presentation with Carroll / Fletcher Gallery Istanbul, Turkey ARCO 13 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain 2012 Data Deluge Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, USA curated by Rachel Gugelberger Il Fuoco della Natura / The Flash of Nature Salone degli Incanti - Ex Pescheria, Trieste, Italy curated by Marco Puntin and Jonathan Turner Miniature GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague, Netherlands curated by Ria and Lex Daniels Schaubilder Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany curated by Thomas Thiel Terra Cognita Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen, The Netherlands Photofestival Noorderlicht curated by Wim Melis Bedlam Lazarides Gallery / Old Vic Tunnels, London, UK curated by Steve Lazarides We Write This To You From The Distant Future Public Art Screens, Norway curated by Hege Tapia Gaare Zero1 Biennial San Jose, USA curated by Jaime Austin The Golden Cage Kunstbüro Berlin, Berlin, Germany curated by Nicole Loeser, Ruth Martius and Katharina Buncke ARCO 12 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain Mia - Milan Image Art Fair art fair presentation with Galleria Maggiore Milan, Italy 2011 ATLAS. How to Carry the World on One's Back? ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany curated by Georges Didi-Huberman ATLAS. How to Carry the World on One's Back? Deichtorhallen / Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany curated by Georges Didi-Huberman Portraits in Series - Photography of a Century Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany curated by Gabriele Betancourt La travesía de una colección - Los Bragales Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain curated by Jaime Sordo Miniature GEM Museum for Contemporary Art, The Hague, Netherlands curated by Ria and Lex Daniels Architektur in der Kunst - Architekturen des Augenblicks Kunsthalle Bahnitz, Germany curated by Bodo Rauh Identity Art Stations Foundation, Poznan, Poland curated by Paulina Kolczynska We Write This To You From The Distant Future Wilson Theater at Lincoln Center, New York, USA curated by Nina Colosi Alt. +1000 Festival de Photographie de Montagne Rossinière, Switzerland curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer Metropolis - City Life in the Urban Age Photofestival Noorderlicht, The Netherlands curated by Wim Melis The Minotaur Lazarides Gallery / Old Vic Tunnels, London, UK curated by Steve Lazarides Art Cologne 2011 art fair presentation with Galleria Studio la Città Cologne, Germany Artefiera Bologna art fair presentation with Galleria Studio la Città Bologna, Italy ARCO 11 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain 2010 Apocalipsis CAC Málaga, Spain curated by Fernando Francés Estancias, Residencias, Presencias TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Spain For Real - 30 Utopian Projections in Public Space Maastricht, The Netherlands curated by Bart van den Boom Meta.Morf 2010 - New.Brave.World! Biennial for Art and Technology Trondheim, Norway curated by Alex Adriaansens Zero One - San Jose Biennial, San Jose, USA curated by Steve Dietz Tina B. - Prague Contemporary Art Festival Prague, Czech Republic curated by Valerie Dvoráková The Big Screen Project New York, USA curated by Nina Colosi Cocor Media Channel Bucharest, Romania curated by Nina Colosi Engineering the Landscape Forward Thinking Museum, virtual exhibition curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer 20 ans déjà ! Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland Trouble with Love Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic ARCO 10 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain The Armory Show art fair presentation with Galleria Studio la Città New York, USA Art Cologne art fair presentation with Galleria Studio la Città Cologne, Germany Scope Basel 2010 art fair presentation with Dvorak Sec Contemporary Basel, Switzerland Art Brussels art fair presentation with Galerie Guy Bärtschi Brussels, Belgium 2009 Trouble in Paradise Tucson Museum of Art, Tuscon, USA curated by Julie Sasse Jahresgaben Leopold Hösch Museum, Düren, Germany curated by Xenia Litvin Fluid Architecture New Media Art Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands curated by Susanne Jaschko Landscape as a Dream Galleria Studio la Città, Verona, Italy curated by Luigi Meneghelli Tattoo Teutloff Collection, virtual exhibition curated by Peter Weibel Vision - Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie Darmstadt, Germany curated by Ute Noll Taboo - Photomeetings Luxemburg 2009 Luxembourg curated by Marita Ruiters Glow Festival 2009 International Forum of Light in Art and Architecture Eindhoven, The Netherlands curated by Bettina Pelz / Tom Groll ARCO 09 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain Art Dubai 09 art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery Dubai, UAE Art Brussels 09 art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery Brussels, Belgium 2008 En privat 1 Museo Es Baluard, Palma, Mallorca curated by Cristina Ros Map Games Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China curated by Monica Piccioni, Rosario Scarpato Map Games Museum of Contemporary Art, Birmingham, Great Britain curated by Monica Piccioni, Rosario Scarpato Dislocate 08 exhibition space souzoUKUKan9001, Tokyo, Japan curated by Emma Ota 2008 Culturas - Año europeo del diálogo intercultural online exhibition - www.2008culturas.com curated by Elena Vozmediano Reminiscences - Old Masters of Tomorrow White Square Gallery, Las Vegas, USA Festival of Digital Art New Dehli, India Esquire Show – Los Angeles Esquire House 2008, Los Angeles, USA Digital Media Show Sala Naranja, Valencia, Spain Optica Festival Gijón, Spain ARCO 08 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Madrid, Spain Arte Lisboa 2008 art fair presentation with Galería Juan Silió Lisbon, Portugal Art Brussels 08 art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery Brussels, Belgium Pulse Miami 08 art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery Miami, USA 2007 Face - The New Photographic Portrait FORMA. International Centre for Photography, Milano, Italy curated by William Ewing / Nathalie Herschdorfer First International Photographic Art Prize - Arte Laguna Brolo Centro d’Arte e Cultura, Venice, Italy 7 Wochen - 7 Künstler Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany curated by Johann Holten Act of Faith Noorderlicht Photofestival, The Netherlands curated by Wim Melis Poetic Terrorism Festival Edición Madrid (fem), Spain curated by Elga Wimmer Esquire Show 2007, Esquire House, New York, USA curated by Steve Sacks Elison and Peter W. Klein Collection Museum Kunstwerk, Stuttgart, Germany curated by Peter W. 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Gundlach Collection Kulturbehörde der Freien Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany Touch and Temperature Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA curated by Michael Rees Touch and Temperature Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, USA curated by Michael Rees ARCO 04 art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery Madrid, Spain Grenzgänge Photokina 2004, Cologne, Germany Art Cologne art fair presentation with Bitforms Gallery Cologne, Germany 2003 A Clear Vision – Photography from the F.C. Gundlach Collection Deichtorhallen, International House of Photography Hamburg, Germany curated by Zednek Felix Bitforms Group Show 2003 Bitforms Gallery, New York, USA Designkrokken Museum Traphold, Kolding, Denmark curated by Eva Bræmer-Jensen What´s next? Danish Design Center (DDC) Copenhagen, Denmark curated by Lene Tanghøj 2002 Mythos St. Pauli Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany curated by Gabriele Philipp Bilder die bewegen - Mißelbecks Gefährten Kunstverein Siegburg, Germany (White) Cubes c/o Galerie Berlin, Germany 2001 Digital Stiftung Starke, Berlin, Germany Verfremdete Fremde Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Berlin, Germany Strange Reality Galerie Blickensdorf, Berlin, Germany (White) Cubes Galerie Cato Jans, Hamburg, Germany 2000 Designmensch Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Forum Gestaltung, Hamburg, Germany curated by Gabriele Philipp 1999 Video Virtuale Foto Fictionale Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany curated by Reinhold Mißelbeck 1998 Erkennen Erkennen Design Center Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen, Germany Kodak/BFF Digital Imaging Award PPS Galerie, Hamburg, Germany Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany Photokina 98 Kodak/BFF, Cologne, Germany 1997 Transformator I-V Project Space Oberbaum City, Berlin, Germany Kodak/BFF Digital Imaging Award Kodak House, Essen, Germany 1993 Kunst verfremdet Kulturhaus Dock4, Kassel, Germany 1990 Variationen zum anonymen Bild Galerie Treppenhaus, Berlin, Germany 1989 Die Photographische Simulation Bildo Akademie, Berlin, Germany curated by Gabriele Philipp

Michael Najjar
spacewalk

Artist Michael Najjar
Year 2013
Duration 3:31 min
Edition 6
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the video work "spacewalk" explores linkages between space, gravity and the human body. a cosmonaut glides down into what seems to be an industrial ambience. but the sudden appearance of the globe of the earth through a port hole dislocates the cosmonaut´s environment and puts into question the relationship between real-world and fabricated reality.
the work draws on a cosmonaut training session taken by michael najjar in december 2012 at the gagarin cosmonaut training center in star city, russia.

Michael Najjar - spacewalk
the video work spacewalk explores linkages between space, gravity and the human body. a cosmonaut glides down into what seems to be an industrial ambience. but the sudden appearance of the globe of the earth through a port hole dislocates the cosmonaut´s environment and puts into question the relationship between real-world and fabricated reality.the work draws on a cosmonaut training session taken by michael najjar in december 2012 at the gagarin cosmonaut training center in star city, russia.

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