Exhibited as a part of a solo project in 1997 it the Wooster Garden Gallery, New York.

 

 

 

The Dog came in the Kitchen and... 1994, black and white, video installation.

Two monitors were installed one opposite the other, and were built into the wall so only the screens could be seen. Playing non-stop on tape is an image of a book that moves up and down as if "breathing." The image of the moving book from the first monitor is "reflected," like in a mirror, in the other monitor. For the installation, a book of Chekhov's writings open to the story, "About Love," was used.

Exhibitions:"Jetztzeit," curated by Saskia Bos at the Kunsthalle Vienna in 1994; De Appel Foundation in Amsterdam in 1994.

 

 

 

 

Short Stories 1995, video tape, black and white, 15 min.

The installation contains three video monitors built into the wall so that viewers are only able to see the screens. Three different "Stories" are presented simultaneously. Each black and white film plays in a loop for continuous non-stop presentation.

Exhibited: Wooster Gardens Gallery, New York.

The tape was produced in Israel in March 1995 during a strong desert sandstorm. At the beginning of the film due to extreme weather conditions, the camera didn't work properly and the image was "damaged." The picture became black and white with various flakes and "defects." At the end of the tape the wind died down. The camera "recovered" and a clear color picture appeared simultaneously with a loud sound of the wind.

The "Wind" was presented for the first time as a part of a video program of the Venice Biennial 1995 project "Club Berlin" at the Malibran Theater.

 

 

Ironed Books, performance,1990.

 

© 1990 Svetlana Kopystiansky