Ehud Schori
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CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
How do you proceed with a site-specific project in terms of creating or selecting the images that it comprises ?
My site-specific projects are derived from the way I see the site . I find something that attracts my attention and respond to it with an artwork . It is funny that what I find depends on what I seek . The Dead Sea , for example , has very heavy water and you can ' t sink in it . It was a very natural act for me to put a doll of a boy , made of foam blocks and canes , into the water and let it float . Two years earlier I was interested in mirrors and discovered the reflecting quality of the same sea . I installed half a fish in the water and let the reflection to complete fish . The result was so good that you could not believe it was not really a whole fish .
We like the way you structure your pieces . They leave space for the spectators to replay the ideas you explore in their own intimate lives , letting them become emotionally involved in what you are attempting to communicate . As Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco once stated , " the artist ’ s role differs depending on which part of the world you ’ re in . It depends on the political system you ’ re living under ". Do you think that the role of the artist has changed these days with the new global communications and the new sensibility created by new media ?
They say " A prophet is not without honor except in his own country ." The global communication nowadays gives the artists opportunity to test this saying .
How do you go about naming your work ? In particular , is important for you to tell something that might walk the viewers through their visual experience ?
Usually my artworks have no names . Most of my ideas are visual rather than verbal , but sometimes I have an association that connects me to the world of words . This was the case of the song " three blind mice ".
Over the years your works have been showcased both nationally and internationally including your participation with Horizontally Growing Trees - a Model of Growth , at the Geumgang Nature Art Biennale , South Korea . One of the hallmarks of your work is the capability to create a direct involvement with the viewers , who are urged to evolve from a condition of mere spectatorship . So before leaving this