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I Really Don't Forget, Do You?

Garden of Stones, Holocaust Memorial, New York, NY

2018

Let's Stay Connected

2017

Let's Stay Connected is a playful experiment that connects places where social communication in real time and space has been broken by geography, technology, modernity, politics, and wars. It is done by connecting point A to point B with two tin cans and a string, creating an old fashion telephone. The sound transmitted from side to side is dependent on the tightness of the string. Here, it is challenged by wind, rough landscape, and bureaucracy.

Jala Village, Palestine/ Karizman Valley, Israel (occupied territory)

Twin Peak, CA

Blanca, Murcia, Spain

Human Bridge Walk

Invitation: Human Bridge Walk

Dear Mr. S,

You are receiving this invitation because you are chosen to participate in a hike in the form of a human bridge walk. The path is planned but the final outcomes are unknown and depended on you and your presence.

On August 12th 2017, at 2pm we will meet at the Marin Headlands (see maps for pinned location on Bunker road.) At 4pm sharp we will start the hike:

In pairs we will stand facing each other in a row with the palms of our hands touching overhead. The last pair at the end of the row will walk under all the reaching hands until they get to the front of the row and immediately join the rest with their hands reaching overhead. This will go on loop until we reach the end of the trail.

Together we will form a human bridge walk.

can you make it?

I hope you can!

Till then best wishes,

Human Bridge Walk: Trail I

32 people made their way, 4 got lost, 26 participated, 2 documented.

Human Bridge Walk: Trail II

26 participated, 2 had to leave, new total: 24 participated, 2 documented.

Movement

construction paper, tape, graphite

Size varies (here it is approximately 20ft X 16ft)

2018

(Iron Dome) כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל

Iron

approximetly 5 x 5 inches

2015

כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל

The word “Kippah” in hebrew is a polysemy. One of its meanings is Yamaka, a Jewish head piece traditionally worn by man and the other is a dome. The name Iron Dome (“Kippat Barzel”) is originally a metaphorical name given by Maf’at (a joint administrative body of the Israeli Ministry of Defence) to the protective shield that stretches over the central area of Israel, in order to protect Israeli citizens against missiles fired from Gaza. This sculpture reference the privilege of the Jewish people to be protected in the state of Israel. Under such representation of the Iron Dome, it also contemplates the dominant militant interpretation of the Jewish religion in contemporary Israel, which continues to cloud the significant distinction between Judaism and Zionism. There is an irony in the piece by which the iron fluid did not flow through the entire cast to complete the shape of the Yamaka; an outcome that hints at the protection’s uncertainty which exists under the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.

Common Ground

metal

1.5ft x 1ft ; 1.5ft x 2ft

2016

Behind The Fence

Holocaust Memorial, San Francisco, CA

2016

Blasé - The Life of Hans and Barrios

A collaboration with the artist Hannah Volckmann.

This project reveals the decadent life of a Bay Area couple, Hans Nussenbaum and Barrios Bustillo. Both leader designers and entrepreneurs at heart.

These prints were taken from an article by Blasé magazine in October 2015, which featured the couple at their home in Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA.

Prints size:

27.5 x 20 Inches

2015