Land scape
Tali Navon
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
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?
Absolutely. I strongly agree with Gabriel Orozco’ s statement. Our ability to respond is much faster today thanks to digitization and this of course influences art. Now I can disseminate my art and make it more accessible – it is possible to send a video to London or any other part of the world. That is one of the advantages of the medium of video. This creates all sorts of opportunities, such as making it possible for me to participate in exhibitions outside of Israel in London and at John Hopkins University in Baltimore. This change also made it possible for me to interact with artists who are physically located far away from me, but are working with similar ideas.
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?
I like to give my works meaningful names, but I do not want to direct the viewer to
Still from Double Landscape, video
something. I want the viewer to have an independent reaction. This is why I tend to give names that are hints; the names emphasize what is important to me in a