Helium Head
“Helium Head” plays on the thin line between observation point interchange. The viewer starts
*First shown as part of the exhibition “West And- Young Israeli Art”, Chelsea, New York, 1999
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“Helium Head” plays on the thin line between observation point interchange. The viewer starts |
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| as an observer, but soon becomes the observed. | ||||||||
| 100 silver Mylar balloons filled with helium, cover the ceiling. Directly below, a 22 | ||||||||
| karat gilded skull, is positioned on the floor. The multi-observation points are achieved | ||||||||
| by the tiny gilded skull reflection in the balloons, the balloons reflection among | ||||||||
| themselves, and the viewer’s reflection that is absorbed in the balloons. | ||||||||
| This installation deals with societal hierarchy and its translation into a ‘Fictional | ||||||||
| Societal Reality' and the artist contention of how the point-down societal pyramid | ||||||||
| governs, as opposed to the petered-out one. | ||||||||
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*First shown as part of the exhibition “West And- Young Israeli Art”, Chelsea, New York, 1999 |
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