In his early practice, Matt Mullican used hypnosis as a creative tool, working through an alter ego named Glen. Over time he developed other mechanisms to explore the subject and its relationship with the world, as in this large installation, M.I.T. Project, which takes its name from the first place it was presented—the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston—in 1990. How do we construct our image of the world? What would an inventory of the mechanisms of the self look like? The work invites us to investigate its multiplicity of objects and chromatic code. Nothing is lacking. The green representing the material world and nature, with its crystals, insects, minerals, and fossils; the blue represents the city, people, actions, and technology, with its full array of inventions; the ethereal yellow stands for knowledge and the arts; the black for language and all its symbolism; and the red for subjectivity and spirituality. Onto the red is projected a 2003 performance by the artist in Zurich, in which, under hypnosis, he repudiates his body.