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  • Volume 8. Seashells (for Shane), 2022 (Excerpt)
    4K video with sound
    6:04 minutes
    Original score by John McEntire
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 8. Seashells (for Shane), 2022 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 8. Seashells (for Shane), 2022 (Excerpt)
    4K video with sound
    6:04 minutes
    Original score by John McEntire
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 9. Life Model, 2025
    4K video with sound
    9:53 minutes
    Soundtrack: Mark Fell and Will Guthrie, “Diffractions 1” (Excerpt) (2020)
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 9. Life Model, 2025 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 9. Life Model, 2025
    4K video with sound
    9:53 minutes
    Soundtrack: Mark Fell and Will Guthrie, “Diffractions 1” (Excerpt) (2020)
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 10. A Field Guide to Hummingbirds, 2024
    4K video with sound
    3:13 minutes
    Soundtrack: Foley by Paradise Sound Group, Hollywood
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 10. A Field Guide to Hummingbirds, 2024 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 10. A Field Guide to Hummingbirds, 2024
    4K video with sound
    3:13 minutes
    Soundtrack: Foley by Paradise Sound Group, Hollywood
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 11. Open Studio, 2025
    4K video with sound
    5:07 minutes
    Original score by Jonny Rodgers
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 11. Open Studio, 2025 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 11. Open Studio, 2025
    4K video with sound
    5:07 minutes
    Original score by Jonny Rodgers
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 12. Everything (Abridged), 2025
    4K video with sound
    17:15 minutes
    Soundtrack: György Ligeti,“Poème Symphonique" (1962); Performed by Casey Cangelosi
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 12. Everything (Abridged), 2025 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 12. Everything (Abridged), 2025
    4K video with sound
    17:15 minutes
    Soundtrack: György Ligeti,“Poème Symphonique" (1962); Performed by Casey Cangelosi
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 13. Tacet Measure, 2025
    4K video, Silent
    3:53 minutes
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 13. Tacet Measure, 2025 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 13. Tacet Measure, 2025
    4K video, Silent
    3:53 minutes
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 14. The First Billion Years, 2025
    4K video with sound
    4:30 minutes
    Soundtrack: “Smoke” (2024) Composed by Eiko Ishibashi; Mixed and mastered by Jim O’Rourke;
    Drums: Tatsuhisa Yamamoto; Flute, electronics: Eiko Ishibashi; Recorded at Hoshi to Niji Recording Studio & Atelier Eiko
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 14. The First Billion Years, 2025 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 14. The First Billion Years, 2025
    4K video with sound
    4:30 minutes
    Soundtrack: “Smoke” (2024) Composed by Eiko Ishibashi; Mixed and mastered by Jim O’Rourke;
    Drums: Tatsuhisa Yamamoto; Flute, electronics: Eiko Ishibashi; Recorded at Hoshi to Niji Recording Studio & Atelier Eiko
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 15. Monument to a Period of Time in Which I Lived, 2025
    4K video with sound
    1:54 minutes
    Soundtrack: Vinyl crackle ASMR
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 15. Monument to a Period of Time in Which I Lived, 2025 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 15. Monument to a Period of Time in Which I Lived, 2025
    4K video with sound
    1:54 minutes
    Soundtrack: Vinyl crackle ASMR
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 16. FOLK2NS, or The Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords, 2025
    4K video with sound
    4:14 minutes
    Performed by Lee Ranaldo; Mixed by Adrian Garcia
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • Volume 16. FOLK2NS, or The Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords, 2025 (Excerpt)

  • Volume 16. FOLK2NS, or The Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords, 2025
    4K video with sound
    4:14 minutes
    Performed by Lee Ranaldo; Mixed by Adrian Garcia
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Time Life
    Karma, New York
    Photo: Iain McDonald

  • December 10, 1990 (A Universal Picture), 2024
    Ink and enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • December 17, 1990 (The Sleep Gap), 2024
    Ink and enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • March 10, 1986 (Now for the Hard Part), 2024
    Ink and enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • March 26, 1979 (Mideast Peace), 2024
    Ink and enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • August 19, 1996 (Life on Mars), 2024
    Ink and enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • March 29, 1982 (Thinking the Unthinkable), 2024
    Ink and enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • January 26, 1987 (Take the Money and Run), 2024
    Ink and enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • August 25, 1986 (Death and Taxes), 2024
    Ink and enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Furniture Music, 2025
    Aluminum cans, Plastic bottles, Plastic tub, Steel aerosol container and Self-contained motion control systems
    Dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Furniture Music, 2025
    Aluminum cans, Plastic bottles, Plastic tub, Steel aerosol container and Self-contained motion control systems
    Dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell

  • Furniture Music, 2025
    Aluminum cans, Plastic bottles, Plastic tub, Steel aerosol container and Self-contained motion control systems
    Dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: A Universal Picture, Karma, New York
    Photo: Max-Lee Russell