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Shesh Besh

Curator: Hadas Maor 24.3.2011 - 6.8.2011

Peleg Dishon's work explores the material presence of light in a given space. The image—drawn from a real platform, and constructed in Dishon's piece from countless paper cutouts which he builds, layer upon layer, and finally scans to form a single-surface work—reveals light as a substance in several ways at once: in the light beams exposing the depth of the stage, as a material structuring the scanned image in reverse, and as the decisive element without which the final image—presented in an open light box based on a construction which imitates a professional lighting rig—cannot be seen. The title of the work alludes to a certain type of flood lights—blinders—mounted on stage and pointed directly at the audience, to create a blinding effect and allow for a scene change. The flash erases memory, but at the same time, as opposed to darkening, etches a silhouette, an elusive residue, on the retina. 


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