“About 2 Inches Long” features a nasothek with a hundred sculptures of noses in various sizes and shapes. Inspired by Pascal’s aphorism, “The nose of Cleopatra: had it been shorter, the face of the entire world would have been changed,” the artist explores the impact of small changes on historical trajectories. The project examines 50 depictions of Cleopatra’s nose throughout art history, from ancient coins and sculptures to Renaissance interpretations, 19th-century orientalist fantasies, and Hollywood portrayals.

Additionally, the artist conducted workshops with children, who sculpted their own interpretations of Cleopatra’s nose based on these images. Kosmatopoulos reinterprets Pascal’s idea by examining how different perspectives on a single historical truth might alter the course of history yet to be written, offering a new dimension to the concept of historical influence and change.