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Production still from »Us Dead Talk Love«, 2012 by Ed Atkins.

»Nausea Games«, 2012 by Ben Wheele.

»Rassenköpfe«, 2009 by Markus Proschek.

»The heads in Question«, 2009 by Rossella Biscotti.

Photograph from »Aktion«, 1965 by Rudolf Schwarzkogler.

»Cop Head 69«, 2006 by Dean Sameshima.

»Big Pumpkin«, 2009 by Erwin Wurm.

“Egg Head and the Secret Cinema (Buoy I)”, 2007 by Lisa Williamson.

»Dada Head«, 1920 by Sophie Taeuber-Arp.

»The Inflatable Head of Columbus«, 2006 parodies a failed Christopher Columbus monument in Puerto Rico. The statue, designed by Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli, was rejected by several U.S. cities before arriving in Cataño, Puerto Rico, costing the towns millions of dollars in shipping alone. However, finances collapsed, the Mayor of Cataño (Edwin “el Amolao” Sierra) resigned for psychological reasons and the controversial project was never erected. Today, Columbus lies fragmented in thousands of pieces of bronze, deteriorating in an outdoor lot next to the Bacardi Factory in Cataño. The only recognizable feature of the statue had been the giant Head. To commemorate the 500-year anniversary of the Death of Christopher Columbus (May 20, 2006), Miguel Luciano installed an inflatable replica in the Plaza Colón (Columbus Plaza) of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.

»Anachronism«, 2008 by Lindsay Lawson.

»The Spirit of Our Time«, 1919 by Raoul Hausmann.

»Plato with facial tracking overlay«, 2009 by Aids-3d.

“Thinking about Movie-Making”, 1998-2008 by Siegfried Fruhauf.

“Venice Beach 09-20-03” by Beat Streuli. Video excerpt.

»Artiste sans tête«, 2007 by Etienne Joubert.

»60 Minutes in the head of Gabriel«, 1996 by Gabriel Kousbroek.

Hamra Abbas.