HAL 9000 / 2001: A Space Odyssey


Original artwork inspired by Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and its iconic AI, HAL 9000.

• Medium: Hand-written calligraphy with Tombow markers, Molotow Liquid Chrome and gel medium
• Surface: 140lb watercolour paper
• Size: 29.8 × 41.7 cm (A3)
• One-off original artwork
• Signed certificate of authenticity included




Original calligraphy-based artwork – Inspired by Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi masterpiece

“This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardise it…”

This piece is a tribute to Stanley Kubrick’s visionary 2001: A Space Odyssey. At its core is HAL 9000, the ship’s AI, cold, logical, unblinking. His calm voice and unblinking red eye have become one of cinema's most enduring symbols.

The artwork was built through obsessive repetition: key phrases written hundreds of times by hand, slowly layering into form. This is calligraphy as memory loop. Text as texture. Mark-making as ritual.



Process & Materials

  • HAL's dialogue fills the background, echoing system control

  • “Daisy… Daisy…” forms the lens, fading like a corrupted voice file

  • Media: Tombow ABT Pro brush markers, Molotow Liquid Chrome, Golden Gel

  • Surface: 140lb watercolour paper

  • Entirely hand-written, one-off original artwork. Not a print or digital reproduction.



    Size & Framing

    • Dimensions: 29.8 cm (W) × 41.7 cm (H)

    • Unframed

    • Includes signed certificate of authenticity



      Shipping

      • UK: Royal Mail Signed For

      • International: Tracked

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