How Many Hours is Considered Ghosting, 2024
Boxer, a photogrammetry scan of a boxer concret scarecro, animated 3D video loop, 42' monitor hangs with arm.
As you approach the storefront window in the evening, a terrifying dog looms before you, standing at the edge of the window on the opposite side. It is, in fact, a dark screen onto which the figure of a boxer dog statue is projected, resembling a mythical creature. Its body is stained with bright fluorescent red, and its eyes shine like two piercing greenish lights, emitting an eerie and paralyzing glow. This is how the guardian of the gates of the underworld appears. To enter, one must face the gatekeeper and simultaneously overcome the fear and shame that reside within.
- Uzi Tzur
Between its Wings, two photogrammetry scans; a clay sculpture from 1950 and a dried Swallowtail butterfly. Digitally processed image. 30*40 cm lenticular printing on a plastic sheet, painted green wooden framwe.
It was a rare, almost singular sight—a butterfly landing gently on his forehead. Such moments are rare, as butterflies are drawn close but seldom touch; this time, the butterfly landed confidently, as if certain this was its final destination. Something drew it to this boy, to his calm, serene face, frozen beyond the ordinary flow of time.
Though he appeared young and tender, the boy carried a deep, heavy stillness within him, almost ancient, as if he had lived an entire life yet remained stuck in one moment. He was a soul left behind by time, frozen in an endless fracture that stretched into eternity. The butterfly, with its delicate wings and soft flutter, landed on his forehead as though it understood the timelessness of the moment.
Untitled (Asbestos), six found acoustic ceiling panels, aluminum frames, ten memorial candles.
As an outcome of being hosted at the “Harakevet 22” space, while embracing the memory of its previous purpose as a sex shop, artists Hadas Hay and Ben Alon transform the space into a new territorial backstage. The space functions as an area with an internal memory code, devoid of human symbols and inhabited figure presences.
Upon entering the space, the wall is made of ceiling panels, dropping its shadow on soul candles that once lit, recreate the intuitive action of the candlelighters who lit candles through a defensive action expressing a wish for peace and mourning over the collapse of the process.
- Meital Aviram
This works was exhibit at HaBayit Theater, Train 22, a duo exhibition with Ben Alon, curated by Meital Aviram, Tel Aviv, Israel.