Odyssey—doubt—Iliad

Odyssey—doubt—Iliad, 2015

Iliad GMT-5 to GMT+2
Odyssey GMT+2 to GMT-5
Odyssey GMT-5 to GMT+2
Iliad GMT+2 to GMT-5
Mr. Neville recognized me by a scar above my knee;
Argos wagged his tail.

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A Survey of a World

A Survey of a World, 2015

A Survey of a World scrutinizes interactions between map and territory, along with memory and reality, whether of the surveyor herself—the creator of this artist’s book— or of other people. It surveys and seeks to capture the doubt in the role of the surveyor, and the inevitable immersion in this role. A Survey of a World portrays the endeavour of grasping the moment ahead of the impression of the territory, when doubt turns into representation.

18.5 x 25 cm (open – 36.5 cm).
Screenprint on Thai Kozo, Cave Paper, leather, book cloth, cashmere.

A Survey of a World - Video Poetry

Interactions Between Memory and Reality

Interactions Between Memory & Reality I & II, 2012-2013

Interactions Between Memory and Reality, 2012 is a documentation of a project in which a group of people was asked to categorize a list of forty-two interactions between memory and reality, into three to five categories.
This project has been a physical fulfillment of the question whether there is any unconscious, common ground to the way we categorize unfamiliar phenomena and interactions that haven’t been categorized for us in advance. Each group of categories represents each participant’s grouping and categorization of the forty-two interactions.
In Interactions Between Memory and Reality II, 2013, the participants were asked to map up to five interactions from the same list of interactions, using Euclidean geometric tools of a dot and a line.

Panoptical Interactions Between Memory & Reality, 2013

Much has been written about Jeremy Bentham’s circular structure, the Panopticon, yet his ideas have rarely been realized. This book, the third in a non-boundaries series, uses Bentham’s panoptical stage, on which everything is visible, to develop a discourse among Bentham’s letters (which develop his theory and uses for the Panopticon) and the Interactions Between Memory and Reality of my earlier work. This book documents visually an escape from constant visibility.

A Container of Responses

A Container of Responses, 2012

This work is a realization of the collaboration between Jaime Shafer and Na’ama Zussman. In this piece, the artists attempted to create a visual representation of their collaborating artist. Using fifteen seemingly random questions, the artists revealed glimpses of their counterpart’s persona through visual and textual responses. Potentially, this can be an on-going project.

To imitate the display of a library, particularly the card catalog, they decided that the responses will be fashioned on 6X4 inch cards, and the color palette will be based on shades of black, grey, and sepia. In order to distinguish between the two sets, one set was marked A, and the other, B.

1A . Where else in the world do you see long and short grains, part of in a paper? 1B. How does language impact your art making?
2A. Can you draw me a categorization? 2B. How do you feel about Stephane Mallarme’s quote “Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book”?
3A. What is the shortest way to your house? 3B. What do you want to give to humanity?
4A. Do you remember? 4B. Where do you go when you want to be alone?
5A. How would you feel? 5B. In what place have you lived that you wish you could return to?
6A. Where is the end of the discontinuance? 6B. Do you have more than one reality?
7A. Do you think I am a nomad? 7B. Is there another time period that you wish you could have experienced?
8A. How would you classify our collaboration? 8B. What is the best part of your day?
9A. Are you happy? 9B. Have you sacrificed anything for your art?
10A. Is your life delineated by a narrative? 10B. What qualities do you admire in artists?
11A. Do you think there is a collaboration between the way you live your life and your political leaning? 11B. Do you think our memories always affect our reality?
12A. How long is a duration of time? 12B. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
13A. How do you separate one moment from the other? 13B. What do you celebrate?
14A. Was God part of your life when you were young? 14B. Do you have different versions of yourself?
15A. Would you give up your obsessions? 15B. What is missing?

Obsession Belts

Obsession Belts, 2009-2010

20 belts, height varied 17-34 cm. Fabric, Porcelain Slip, glaze, decal.