The installation is inspired by Remains of the Day, by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. The kinetic installation of circular brushes with their long fibers moves clockwise, representing the passing hours and changes taking place over a 24-hour period. The four colors represent morning (white), afternoon (yellow), evening (grey), and night (black). During the rotation, the upper fibers flow over the other long fibers hiding underneath, touching, and sweeping over the floor. The work moves in 2-minute cycles during which the color of the day comes to the forefront. The fibers remaining in the back represent the motif of time and infinite movement, reflecting the concept of continuity. The floor piece is a rusted container placed near the wall piece, densely packed with black fibers which create a coal-like black surface.

These black fibers are used for road cleaning before being re-paved. They are extremely sturdy, and resistant to wear, but have not withstood the crushing process. Visible in the center of the object is the beginning of a new growth spurt sprouting upwards.

The Remains of the Day  

Stretching the Limits 

 Following the iconic "L'Origine du monde" by the artist Gustave Courbet (1866)

Limited edition - 9 objects

The Origin of the World 

A brush made of synthetic fibers and comes in four colors, each representing a different time of the day and a different stage in life when hair changes. It's named Schwarzkopf - meaning is "black head," despite the fact that it's the most common hair color. Please note, however, that this brush does not have any brushing capabilities

Schwarzkopf 

A site-specific installation that filled the entire space of the Art Lab, Tel Aviv, Became part of my experimental process over five weeks. During this time, I operated on the axis between being a “production-line worker” and an “artist,” attempting to examine the relationship between an output-oriented worker whose labor is intended to produce a functional object, and the act of searching. The search, art making, successes, and failures are all part of the artist’s work in the studio. An anonymous Art Deco illustration was the source of the artwork that developed out of the process, spreading to fill the entire space, walls, and floor. The installation comprised about 1,000 dusting brushes which I produced one by one as a regular production line worker in the Kibbutz Ruhama industrial brush factory. I introduced a varied, unique color mixture in each brush, comprised of fibers from the three primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. The installation engages in expressions of beauty through links to Art Nouveau, socialism, labor, and Sisyphean work, as well as to the overt and covert.

Installation view (detail) 2022.

Site-specific, ongoing movable installation, dimensions variable (Day 27),

Dust brushes, road cleaning brushes. The Lab – Art Space,

Curator: Sharon Toval

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