Artist Talk – Mat Collishaw
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Archive
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Venue:
Library of Birmingham -
Date:
October 22, 2015 at 12:00 AM -
Location:
West Midlands
In 2014 GRAIN Photography Hub and the Library of Birmingham approached artist Mat Collishaw, creator of spectacularly crushed butterflies, corrupted, syphilitic flora, and monumental, dark zoetropes, to respond to the rich photography archive held at the Library.
Photographic essay on analogue and digital interface.
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