Nahal Me’arot Nature Reserve is a site of human evolution at Mount Carmel in Haifa, the site was proclaimed as universal value by UNESCO in 2012. The site indicates the prehistoric man’s settlements and unique evidence of a first burial. These frames are taken from the short film Nahal Me’arot UNESCO World Heritage Site, 06:40, 2013. […]
Commissioned by The Victoria & Albert Museum, London. for the DECODE exhibit at the Design Museum, Hulon, Israel.[November 2011 – March 2012] This device records the visitor’s voice, snippets from the voice are sent to a speech recognition software that converts the voice to text, this text [appears white & at the top] is then fed […]
DEVICEs & Occupation Loop Triptych installation, Ministry of Culture prize winners group show, Petach-Tikva Museum of Art, 2012. The triptych is projected from three identical structures representing the occupier, the animation is projected on recycled cardboard [previously used for a paint job] that is framed with rough wood. The three black pillars are somewhat obstructing […]
part of Manofeem festival, Mamuta Art center, Jerusalem, 2012. DEVICE performance, is an anti-performance created with the assistance of Ben Oppenheim, it is divided into four parts, but it does not start at a specific point in time nor does it end. 1. placing the devices on the stage & positioning the lights that determine […]
The large bold, un-designed type on the back [NOT A TERRORIST] represents formality, an official position. the word terrorist has recently become the way we define the contemporary devil, war on terror & the labeling of one as a terrorist has transformed the way we perceive an individual. the film “If a tree falls” is […]
A video art project created with zero production value. The piece deals with the concepts attached to the Sabbath elevators, these elevators, often seen at hospitals, stop on every floor, their doors open allowing religious passengers the option to go to their desired destination without violating the Sabbath & omitting the interaction & activation that […]
A pessimistic counter [countdown] with a potentiometer, so that the user can control the speed, it beeps and flashes a red LED when it reaches zero, on the fast side [roughly] one cycle per second on the slow side [roughly] 317 years per cycle. pictures of the earlier material versions & some of the final […]
During 2011 i have been working at the artist residency program at Mamuta in Jerusalem. below are photos of some of the devices created there & DEVICE-[CBP3] in action.
Red Circle [Dashed] this piece is highly connected to the smaller devices, and was created for the performance [Hablan / Mehabel] at the Mamuta Art Center, Jerusalem, 2011. recreating the graphic circle that marked potential bombs [suspicious object] in public service announcements during kids programming since the late 70’s. the initial circle was created with […]
a self portrait triptych, 2009 1. State of fear: being in-close proximity to a terrorist attacks [further reading] 2. Memorial day / Independence-day / War – on memorial day the whole country stands still, the first siren is in the previous evening, a little bit after the sun sets, for the next 24 hours the country is sad, […]
DEVICE installation at the Jerusalem Sound Art Gallery, December, 2010. [very low light]
A triptych edit from the footage i shot on 10.10.10, for the first global documentary, “One Day On Earth” premiered, UN, General Assembly hall, New York, 2012.