As Long As ~ Drawing
Glow-in-the-dark paint on A4 Xerox copies
Performance, Installation, Sequence of drawings
Variable dimensions and presentation formats
Since 2006

#2, As Long As (Sequence 09), 2011

#4, As Long As (Sequence 09), 2011

#7, As Long As (Sequence 09), 2011

#13, As Long As (Sequence 09), 2011

Installation view during Durational Boundaries, ICA, Philadelphia, 2014 (Photo: Aaron Igler / Greenhouse Media)

Overall view, As Long As (Sequence 09), 2011

Overall view, As Long As (Sequence 04), 2011

As Long As ~ Drawing
Glow-in-the-dark paint on A4 Xerox copies
Performance, Installation, Sequence of drawings
Variable dimensions and presentation formats
Since 2006

The space is dark.
One copy machine, one standard piece of paper, glow-in-the-dark paint and a brush.The lid of the copy machine is open and it’s going to stay that way for the duration of the event. A brushstroke is applied to one piece of paper, crossing it horizontally. The paint is wet. When the paper is placed on the machine it’s done without touching the scanning surface – a few millimeters above the glass so as not to leave a trace.Once the copy button is pressed, the scanning light briefly illuminates the space, and charging the glow-in-the-dark paint. A copy is made. Let’s call it: Copy no. 1. The original piece of paper is placed aside. It glows in the dark space.Now a glow-in-the-dark brushstroke is applied to Copy no. 1, which is then placed on the copy machine – without touching its scanning surface. A flash of light illuminates the space once more as the scan-charge-copy happens. The glowing Copy no. 1 is placed next to the original piece of paper.This repetitive process continues, as a sequence of drawings emerges. Each one depending on its predecessor. Each in its own fading countdown. The last copy remains with no glow-in-the-dark layer on it: the promise of an infinite process.

Durational Boundaries, ICA, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2014)
Soul Seek, Internet Opera, slsk.nl (2012)
Attachment, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, NL (2011)
As Long As, Seminar with Christian Bernard, ENSBA, Paris, FR (2006)

#performance #drawing #installation #light #glowinthedark #workonpaper #twodimension #variableduration #cycle #series #sequence #countdown #DurationalBoundaries #Attachment

As Long As ~ Tote,

As Long As ~ South of Somewhere,

Ongoing Collection,

Monument
2004
Slide, slide projector, timer
Projected image: 10 x 15 cm

Installation view during Première Vue, Passage du Retz, Paris, 2005

Detail, Slide, Installation view during Première Vue, Passage du Retz, Paris, 2005

Installation view during Première Vue, Passage du Retz, Paris, 2005

Monument
2004
Slide, slide projector, timer
Projected image: 10 x 15 cm

A found scene in the suburbs of Philadelphia; a shadow in the form of a house is created by the angle of the sun on the façade of this building. The projector is programmed to turn on for one minute every 24 hours, at the precise hour when the photo was originally taken. The rest of the time, the projector is off.

Première Vue, Passage du Retz, Paris, FR (2005)

#installation #photography #slide #timespecific #analogue #sunlight #foundlocation #foundscene #foundmoment #daily

Catching (day) Light,

NOON,

Leaving Living,

Unresolved Interval
Installation, passive infrared motion sensor, sound
Device size 9 x 6 x 0.25 cm
2008

The Score, 2008

Installation view during Master Humphrey’s Clock, Het Gebouw via De Appel Arts Center, 2008

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Audio

Unresolved Interval
Installation, passive infrared motion sensor, sound
Device size 9 x 6 x 0.25 cm
2008

In music, an interval is considered unstable or unresolved when it suggests a successive note to bring it to an end. Otherwise it remains hanging in the air, creating a sense of anticipation for a coming event. The “ding-dong” of a traditional doorbell can be considered a static interval. The listener’s expectations are met. Here, an unresolved interval is slowed down and played on a piano.This work was originally made for the occasion of the exhibition Master Humphrey’s Clockat Het Gebouw: the pavilion dedicated to artist Stanley Brouwn. Placed at the entrance of the pavilion, the interval plays every time a person walks through the door, entering or exiting the space, thus acting as a soundtrack accompanying the exhibition.

Durational Boundaries, ICA, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2014)
Second Life, La Générale Manufacture, Sèvres, FR (2008)
Master Humphrey’s Clock, De Appel Arts Center, Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, NL (2008)

#installation #audio #interactiveart #anticipation #sitespecific #StanleyBrouwn #DurationalBoundaries

Absolute Countdown,

Melody Card,

Leaving Living,

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Sound installation, 3’42” in loop
2008

Installation view during Offspring, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2008

Installation documentation during Offspring, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2008

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Sound installation, 3’42” in loop
2008

The song Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime, performed by Frank Sinatra, is played in the empty space. Only this line is heard accompanied by silent intervals in respect to its original recurrence in the song’s lyrics. The “sometime” and the “somebody” which were concrete in the original song and referred to a specific temporality and person, here become arbitrary and impersonal, as they echo in the empty bright space.

The End of History, Galerie Speckstrasse & Kutscherhaus, Hamburg, DE (2011)
I’m Not Here. An exhibition without Francis Alÿs, De Appel. Amsterdam, NL (2010)
Offspring, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL (2008)

#installation #audio #song #title #system #emotionalstate #rupture #FrankSinatra #homage

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime (the Notation),

Don’t Convert the Scientific Problem to an Insignificant Love Story,

The Rise & Fall,

Compass
Four engraved metal plaques, chairs
1.8 x 9 cm each plaque, 85 x 45 x 45 cm each chair
2018

Installation view during Cool Loneliness, Home, Amsterdam, 2018 (Photo: Tamara Kuselman)

Compass
Four engraved metal plaques, chairs
1.8 x 9 cm each plaque, 85 x 45 x 45 cm each chair
2018

Situated in my living room, the dining table and chairs act as an orientation apparatus; compass. On the backs of each seat, on the wooden frame, a metal plaque indicates the name of the street located behind this chair. The typeface New West on each plaque relates further to the piece’s location in the Old West neighbourhood of Amsterdam. Compass echoes the past and future circulation of such items as furniture – remnants of belonging, souvenirs.

Cool Loneliness, as part of Home Sequence, Home, Amsterdam, NL (2018)

#installation #sitespecific #intervention #navigation #sculpture #circulation #domesticart #CoolLoneliness

Recalculating Route,

Site Specific (34),

What’s yours is mine,

Years Go By and More Words are Forbidden
Wall carving
14 x 430 cm
2014

Black gel ink on a Moleskine daily planner
25 x 29 cm, framed
2014

Installation view during Durational Boundaries, ICA, Philadelphia, 2014 (Photo: Aaron Igler / Greenhouse Media)

Installation view during Dark Times, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2014

Installation view during Dark Times, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2014 (Photo: Elad Sarig)

Years Go By and More Words are Forbidden
Wall carving
14 x 430 cm
2014

Black gel ink on a Moleskine daily planner
25 x 29 cm, framed
2014

An isolated phrase from Hebrew poet Leah Goldberg’s poem There is No Mercy reads: “Years go by and more words are forbidden”. Due to its isolation, the origin of this prohibition remains unclear: is this an internal interdiction imposed by the speaker (the poet or the artist), or perhaps an external one?This work first appeared in my solo show Durational Boundaries as part of a series of solo exhibitions celebrating the 50^thanniversary of the ICA in Philadelphia. The sentence was inscribed into the exhibition’s wall, performing as part of the exhibition structure, it confronts its own unstable and fragile content.Later that year, another version appeared in the exhibition Dark Times where the sentence was written by hand in Hebrew onto the page of a Moleskine notebook I have used in recent years as a personal journal

Dark Times, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL (2014)
Durational Boundaries, ICA, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2014)

#installation #carving #workonpaper #handwrite #quote #word #poetry #emotionalstate #translation #hebrew #LeaGoldberg #homage #DarkTimes #DurationalBoundaries

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As Long As ~ Drawing Glow-in-the-dark paint on A4 Xerox copies Performance, Installation, Sequence of drawings Variable dimensions and presentation formats Since 2006

As Long As ~ Drawing Glow-in-the-dark paint on A4 Xerox copies Performance, Installation, Sequence of drawings Variable dimensions and presentation formats Since 2006

Monument 2004 Slide, slide projector, timer Projected image: 10 x 15 cm

Monument 2004 Slide, slide projector, timer Projected image: 10 x 15 cm

Unresolved Interval Installation, passive infrared motion sensor, sound Device size 9 x 6 x 0.25 cm 2008

Unresolved Interval Installation, passive infrared motion sensor, sound Device size 9 x 6 x 0.25 cm 2008

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime Sound installation, 3’42” in loop 2008

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime Sound installation, 3’42” in loop 2008

Compass Four engraved metal plaques, chairs 1.8 x 9 cm each plaque, 85 x 45 x 45 cm each chair 2018

Compass Four engraved metal plaques, chairs 1.8 x 9 cm each plaque, 85 x 45 x 45 cm each chair 2018

Years Go By and More Words are Forbidden Wall carving 14 x 430 cm 2014 Black gel ink on a Moleskine daily planner 25 x 29 cm, framed 2014

Years Go By and More Words are Forbidden Wall carving 14 x 430 cm 2014 Black gel ink on a Moleskine daily planner 25 x 29 cm, framed 2014

As Long As ~ Drawing
Glow-in-the-dark paint on A4 Xerox copies
Performance, Installation, Sequence of drawings
Variable dimensions and presentation formats
Since 2006

As Long As ~ Drawing
Glow-in-the-dark paint on A4 Xerox copies
Performance, Installation, Sequence of drawings
Variable dimensions and presentation formats
Since 2006

Monument
2004
Slide, slide projector, timer
Projected image: 10 x 15 cm

Monument
2004
Slide, slide projector, timer
Projected image: 10 x 15 cm

Unresolved Interval
Installation, passive infrared motion sensor, sound
Device size 9 x 6 x 0.25 cm
2008

Unresolved Interval
Installation, passive infrared motion sensor, sound
Device size 9 x 6 x 0.25 cm
2008

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Sound installation, 3’42” in loop
2008

Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime
Sound installation, 3’42” in loop
2008

Compass
Four engraved metal plaques, chairs
1.8 x 9 cm each plaque, 85 x 45 x 45 cm each chair
2018

Compass
Four engraved metal plaques, chairs
1.8 x 9 cm each plaque, 85 x 45 x 45 cm each chair
2018

Years Go By and More Words are Forbidden
Wall carving
14 x 430 cm
2014

Black gel ink on a Moleskine daily planner
25 x 29 cm, framed
2014

Years Go By and More Words are Forbidden
Wall carving
14 x 430 cm
2014

Black gel ink on a Moleskine daily planner
25 x 29 cm, framed
2014