# Works — Liam Key

## Icaro, 2025

Twelve works made in 2025, after a month of fieldwork with Shipibo maestros near Iquitos, Peru. The fieldwork is documented in the film *Maps of Hyperspace*.

- [*Study of New Forms*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/study-of-new-forms/)
- [*All of Time and Space*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/all-of-time-and-space/)
- [*The Toy Machine*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/the-toy-machine/)
- [*The Others*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/the-others/)
- [*Stampede in Hyperspace*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/stampede-in-hyperspace/)
- [*Secret Tapes of the Afterlife*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/secret-tapes-of-the-afterlife/)
- [*A Twinkle in the Eye*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/a-twinkle-in-the-eye/)
- [*Mystery School*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/mystery-school/)
- [*The Other Side*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/the-other-side/)
- [*Spirit Botanica*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/spirit-botanica/)
- [*Friends in High Places*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/friends-in-high-places/)
- [*Tricky Spaces*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/icaro/tricky-spaces/)

## Secrets, 2024

Twelve works first shown at Scene, London, in May 2024.

- [*The Bedroom Explorer*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/the-bedroom-explorer/)
- [*Source of Novelty*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/source-of-novelty/)
- [*The Surrender*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/the-surrender/)
- [*The Magician's Chest*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/the-magicians-chest/)
- [*It's All in Your Head*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/its-all-in-your-head/)
- [*The Underworld*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/the-underworld/)
- [*Life, Death, Rebirth*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/life-death-rebirth/)
- [*An Exotic Trade*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/an-exotic-trade/)
- [*Plant Spirits*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/plant-spirits/)
- [*The Hidden Circus*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/the-hidden-circus/)
- [*The New God*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/the-new-god/)
- [*The Harmala Mysteries*, 2024](https://liamkey.com/works/secrets/the-harmala-mysteries/)

## Visions, 2023

Twenty-eight works. *The Trinket Maker* was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in March 2023. *Medicine for the Soul* was made during the performance *Hidden Worlds*.

- [*The New Religion*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-new-religion/)
- [*The Impossible Happened*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-impossible-happened/)
- [*Five Dimensional Toys*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/five-dimensional-toys/)
- [*Bang! The End.*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/surprise-the-end/)
- [*The Twelve Hour Trip*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-twelve-hour-trip/)
- [*Life Is Wonderful*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/life-is-wonderful/)
- [*The Tricksters Room*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-tricksters-room/)
- [*The Secret Smuggler*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-secret-smuggler/)
- [*Neckdeep in Voodoo*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/neckdeep-in-voodoo/)
- [*Circus Tricks*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/circus-tricks/)
- [*The Trinket Maker*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-trinket-maker/)
- [*Flying Purple People Eater*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/flying-purple-people-eater/)
- [*The Secret of Magic*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-secret-of-magic/)
- [*Your Turn*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/your-turn/)
- [*Serpent Dream*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/serpent-dream/)
- [*Notes from Underground*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/notes-from-underground/)
- [*Concrete Jungle*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/concrete-jungle/)
- [*I'm Having a Party in Space*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/im-having-a-party-in-space/)
- [*The Visionary World of Nonsense*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/visionary-world-of-nonsense/)
- [*Miracle at the Bus Stop*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/miracle-at-the-bus-stop/)
- [*Behind Closed Eyes*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/behind-closed-eyes/)
- [*The Shimmering Rainbow Palace*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-shimmering-rainbow-palace/)
- [*The Symphony of Chaos*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-symphony-of-chaos/)
- [*I Peeked Behind the Curtain*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/i-peeked-behind-the-curtain/)
- [*The Tension Between Sun and Earth*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/the-tension-between-sun-and-earth/)
- [*I Found the Spark of Life*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/i-found-the-spark-of-life/)
- [*Bump in the Night*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/bump-in-the-night/)
- [*Medicine for the Soul*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/visions/medicine-for-the-soul/)

## Exotic, 2023



- [*Enter the Deep*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/enter-the-deep/)
- [*Bedroom Antics*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/bedroom-antics/)
- [*Rubble*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/rubble/)
- [*Not from Here*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/not-from-here/)
- [*The Engine Room*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/the-engine-room/)
- [*Look at Me*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/look-at-me/)
- [*Playful Ideas*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/playful-ideas/)
- [*You Are the Star*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/you-are-the-star/)
- [*Something Is Wrong*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/something-is-wrong/)
- [*Dream Is Destiny*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/dream-is-destiny/)
- [*Thought Machine*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/thought-machine/)
- [*Valley of Novelty*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/valley-of-novelty/)
- [*Blink*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/blink/)
- [*Nooks and Crannies*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/nooks-and-crannies/)
- [*Tunnels*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/tunnels/)
- [*The Red Room*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/the-red-room/)
- [*Dreamland*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/dreamland/)
- [*Down the Rabbit Hole*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/down-the-rabbit-hole/)
- [*It's Working*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/its-working/)
- [*Hiding in Plain Sight*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/hiding-in-plain-sight/)
- [*Glory Be to the Highest*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/glory-be-to-the-highest/)
- [*Under the Sea*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/under-the-sea/)
- [*I've Got Your Back*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/exotic/ive-got-your-back/)

## The Return, 2021–2022



- [*Acidic Night Ride*, 2021](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/acidic-night-ride/)
- [*No Mans Land HQ*, 2021](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/no-mans-land-hq/)
- [*Gentle Vision*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/gentle-vision/)
- [*Dreams of Those Departed*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/dreams-of-those-departed/)
- [*Return of My Dearest Friend*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/return-of-my-dearest-friend/)
- [*It's a Long Road*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/its-a-long-road/)
- [*Funny Feeling*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/funny-feeling/)
- [*Rattled*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/rattled/)
- [*Cafe on Mt. Kailash*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/cafe-on-mt.-kailash/)
- [*Which Way Do We Go*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/which-way-do-we-go/)
- [*The Secret Stash*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/the-secret-stash/)
- [*The King of Both Worlds*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/the-king-of-both-worlds/)
- [*Breakthrough*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/breakthrough/)
- [*Sense of Wonderment*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/sense-of-wonderment/)
- [*Loony Tunes*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/loony-tunes/)
- [*Inner Temple*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/inner-temple/)
- [*Afternoon Surprise*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/afternoon-surprise/)
- [*Follow Me*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/follow-me/)
- [*Serious Business*, 2022](https://liamkey.com/works/the-return/serious-business/)

## Maestro, 2005–2012

The earliest body of work, produced during the developmental and experimental phase, 2005–2012.

- [*Frantic Clown in Gladwrap*, 2007](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/frantic-clown-in-gladwrap/)
- [*Jungle Mix*, 2010](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/jungle-mix/)
- [*Cornering the Strange*, 2007](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/cornering-the-strange/)
- [*Midnight Guests*, 2007](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/midnight-guests/)
- [*Electric Blankets of Cuzco*, 2012](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/electric-blankets-of-cuzco/)
- [*Boos House*, 2009](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/boos-house/)
- [*Side of the Highway*, 2009](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/side-of-the-highway/)
- [*Doctors Surgery 2am*, 2005](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/doctors-surgery-2am/)
- [*Flagrant*, 2008](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/flagrant/)
- [*Caught in the Unknown*, 2006](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/caught-in-the-unknown/)
- [*Boy Germs*, 2005](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/boy-germs/)
- [*Nothing Is What It Seems*, 2008](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/nothing-is-what-it-seems/)
- [*The Party Inside My Head*, 2007](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/the-party-inside-my-head/)
- [*Electric King Cobra*, 2012](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/electric-king-cobra/)
- [*Complex Daydream*, 2006](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/complex-daydream/)
- [*A Thousand Worlds*, 2010](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/a-thousand-worlds/)
- [*Alchemical Delight*, 2009](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/alchemical-delight/)
- [*The Mask That No One Could Wear*, 2005](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/the-mask-that-no-one-could-wear/)
- [*Pool Hall*, 2010](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/pool-hall/)
- [*Flying Witches of Velacruz*, 2009](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/flying-witches-of-velacruz/)
- [*Saturday Morning Cartoons*, 2007](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/saturday-morning-cartoons/)
- [*Devils Dance*, 2009](https://liamkey.com/works/maestro/devils-dance/)

## Film and performance

- [*Maps of Hyperspace*, 2025](https://liamkey.com/works/maps-of-hyperspace/). Film, 65 min
- [*Hidden Worlds*, 2023](https://liamkey.com/works/hidden-worlds/). Performance, five days. Opaque chamber, mask, telephone

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