WALL OF PERPETUAL DRAWING 2009
On the walls of my studio, using charcoal and erasers- a drawing work in a constant process of becoming and dissolving
WALL OF PERPETUAL DRAWING 2
Wall installation, "Lost", Barbur Gallery, 4th Biennale of Drawing, Jerusalem 2010-11
On the walls of the space of the gallery, I draw, erase, rub into the walls to expose its recent history, and add my own layer of activity. I spend afew days before the opening, and continue the work at the opening, on another designated date, and at random times throughout the 2 month run of the exhibition.
DISAPPEARING, 2009
festival Veneto: Spettacoli di Mistero, Venice, Italy
Site-specific live drawing action In an old Venetian palazzo I make drawings of the ornamental elements of the rooms, and place them next to the original.
At the opening I move around and slowly erase these drawings, until only faint traces remain of each.
360 DEGREES: 3 DRAWING ACTIONS, 2008
Tel Aviv/Jaffa, Israel
drawing peformance
A 'line drawing' around the perimeter of the retaining wall of the roof of an industrial building in south Tel Aviv- Jaffa.
for Night Trains (Salon D'Automne III), Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
ERASED MONUMENT, 2008
Ramat Gan, Israel
Drawing performance
At the studio of the Israeli sculptor Natan Rapoport, renown for his sculptural monuments of idealized nationalist heroes and of holocaust victims, I create and then erase a large mural, using elements of the sculptor's expressionistic work. For The Menorah Returns a multidisciplinary art event, Rapoport Studio, Ramat Gan, Israel.
DRAWING IN EMPTY SPACE 2008
Nachshon Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon, Israel
On the walls of the white gallery space, using natural charcoal, I rub charcoal into the walls' surface to expose traces and remnants of previous activity in the gallery: to these I add my own layers of markings.
After the installation, I continued to work on the wall, which became a part of the next exhibition Protected Spaces in the gallery.
REALMS OF KNOWING 2010
A site-specific collaborative performance with media-based sound artist Ellen Moffat. Bickersteth Reading Room, Hart House, University of Toronto.
Sponsored by OISE's Women in Action group, University of Toronto
( Performing Books, a screening of book-related performance videos, at Fleishman Gallery, Toronto)
READING INTO THE LANDSCAPE, 2009
Ein Kerem, Jerusalem
In the village of Ein Kerem, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. I sit in a wadi, from mid-day and into the night, at a table piled with books of the writings of early Zionists. I read to the stubborn land from their idealized texts on returning to nature, to the land.
for art event What's Hidden Behind the Pastoral at the Mamuta Experimental Art Centre, Ein Kerem
THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY, 2008
Kenar Municipal Art Gallery, Rishon Letzion
Live performance- spices, foodstuff, earth, are applied to the pages of classic philosophy text, in an attempt to merge two different paradigms of knowledge.
for Reading Material, an exhibition of artists' books.
MARKING STONES, 2008
Nodar, Portugal
I wander thru the tiny village of Nodar, where slate rock is everywhere, and draw, mark, incise , take rubbings from the stone, Created at the Artists Residency Center, Nodar, Portugal, run by Binaural Media.
TOPOGRAPHICAL READINGS 2007
Ticho House, Jerusalem
I sit in the library of the home of the local landscape artist Ana Ticho, at a large table covered with books relating to Jerusalem. Using black ink and charcoal, I draw in each book with a line that carries the landscape back to its primal state, under the layers and centuries of meaning, religion and history. Intermittently an image of an eye attached to my forehead is stamped onto the page. Performed for VIP, performance event at the Ticho House, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
THE CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY 2, 2009
Graphite, erasure on book pages wall installation 144x240 cm.
BOOK WORKS- 2007 - 2010
Jerusalem, Holy Places These two works are related to the site performance Topographical Readings at Ticho Museum, JErusaelm
Reforestation 2009
A series that uses pages from books on the history and development of the city of Tel Aviv, fused with maps of canoe routes of northern Ontario, from the artist's Canadian upbringing, The juxtapositions highlight the impossible disconnections and dislocations of the two locations, the two places I call home. [ See installation work Reforestation: A topography of longing 2004]
In my current work, I am moving back to my first love -drawing- and combining it with my site-specific performance practice.
In live action, site-specific drawing and installation, book-based works and video, and using drawing tools, natural and found material, and body, I approach drawing and mark-making as a primary activity, as process, flux, intervention and presence.
Article on Current Work
Marking Space
Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York
Sep16th, opening and performance work
Sep 17th, artists' talk
Site drawing project, in collaboration with sound artist Ellen Moffat. Gallery Link
