Michalis Nicolaides
born 1967 in Nikosialives and works in Duesseldorf
The Duesseldorf-based Cypriot artist Michalis Nicolaides works with installations, video and performance. In his work, he playfully enters situational-spatial contexts, which he creates by means of videos and performances. For his piece Superman (2002), for example, he suspended himself on a rope dressed in a Superman costume, dangling above the heads of the audience against a black background. Bluebox video technology simultaneously projected images of him in flight, a negative relief of a Superman on the walls of the room.
The condition of floating as an unstable and short-lived situation is a recurring motif in Nicolaides’ work, exploring in a highly experimental fashion the relationship between a spatial experience and its two-dimensional representation with an ironic wit and lightness of touch. The simultaneous presentation of a double image in sculpture and pictures, or the reflection of an object and its image, allow new ideas and images to emerge in the interplay between space and surface.