2023
The joint video work of Shahar Tishler and Eliya David stems from the perception
of the eye socket as an extension of the brain, and as a consequence deals with
the relationship between vision, perception and interpersonal communication.
In psychological personality tests, the test-taker is asked to react to an image,
with the reaction indicative of his character. Inspired by these tests, which are
frequently transposed onto dating apps where the correspondence is based
on logos, the artists (who did not know each other prior to this joint work)
decided to conduct a conversation based solely on images: line, movement,
stain, and composition. A conversation of images is projected onto both sides
of a screen on which the speakers’ language as well as the flow of their dialogue
evolves: the discovery, agreement, completion and the contrast between the
images and the speakers. The conversation becomes a sequence in which the
discovery of the other unfolds slowly. This sequence brings to mind an arithmetic
progression series where the common difference, in this case the identity of
the other, is gradually revealed, including the lies and truths that are involved
in the presentation of the self. The multiplicity of images from their initial
correspondence are the source of the image bank in the hands of the viewer,
who is invited to participate in the process and create his own visual world.
of the eye socket as an extension of the brain, and as a consequence deals with
the relationship between vision, perception and interpersonal communication.
In psychological personality tests, the test-taker is asked to react to an image,
with the reaction indicative of his character. Inspired by these tests, which are
frequently transposed onto dating apps where the correspondence is based
on logos, the artists (who did not know each other prior to this joint work)
decided to conduct a conversation based solely on images: line, movement,
stain, and composition. A conversation of images is projected onto both sides
of a screen on which the speakers’ language as well as the flow of their dialogue
evolves: the discovery, agreement, completion and the contrast between the
images and the speakers. The conversation becomes a sequence in which the
discovery of the other unfolds slowly. This sequence brings to mind an arithmetic
progression series where the common difference, in this case the identity of
the other, is gradually revealed, including the lies and truths that are involved
in the presentation of the self. The multiplicity of images from their initial
correspondence are the source of the image bank in the hands of the viewer,
who is invited to participate in the process and create his own visual world.
