Grid/Salami, 2021
Video, 8:40min
SALAMI is a parodic architectural proposition for an epic boredom-relief structure, which conclusion is that cats ruined peace. It refers to the 90's concept of
the anti-monument, and to the danger in having an ethical-regime overthrow, without a physical manifestation.
Unlike in famous historical destruction of statues (such as the 2003 taking down of Saddam Hussein’s statue in Firdos Square), the wearing down of liberal democratic values happens without a definite symbolic public gesture. Here, the word PEACE in Hebrew appears as a monumental cat tree structure caught in a semantic-field limbo and inhabited by three cats.
Commissioned by The Keshet Award for Contemporary Art, Herzliya Museum of Art
Curator: Paul Hobson
Supported by The Keshet Award for Contemporary Art founded by the Bar-Gil Avidan family; the Outset Contemporary Art Fund; The Igal Ahouvi Art Collection; Artport Tel Aviv
Director of Photography: Barak Brinker, Camera Assistant: Lena Gomon, Sound Design: Daniel Meir, Editing Assistant: Jasmin Vardi, Renderings and Architectural Design: David Chaki, Fabrication: Gadi Tzahor Workshop, Assistants: Anat Keinan, Paz Sher, Chen Flamenbaum, Graphics and Print: ComCom Studio
