PAST EVENTS

*Gallery 2—Assa Bigger: Genesis 1: 1-31

Assa Bigger Genesis 1: 1-31 is a time base & sound installation consisted of a collection of frames superimposing images of old masters’ works from the book of Genesis with numerous translations of Genesis chapter 1.
Having reconstruction these images as the background for the scrolling translation the work examine and highlights the issues of irony, history, assumption, diversity, mystical time, spiritual space, artistic authenticity and image consumption.
The sound that involved major figures in the artists life create another layer for the complicity of the text and to the babelion aspect that we enjoying every day in NYC
Celebration of life, beginning, diversity, sound & language.
The video installation is projected every night from sunset till sunrise!
The time base installation emphasizes the mystical and spiritual time on which the projection accrues.

The exhibition will feature a multilayer channel video installation and accompany with an artist book, both of which explore art historical representations m through the use of appropriated material.

The images produced by superimposing and re-photographing images of works by Renaissance and Modern masters Titian, Raphael that was borrowed from the wide world web.

The images, related to a series published in an artist book that examine how art history constructs the artist as a Tran historical subject and, in particular, how that construction is articulated in relation to representations of language. The resulting images are dissonant and grotesque, a mash-up of Renaissance figuration and lost in translation the language abstraction.
The conflict between the religious Disneyland and the meditative sanctuary!
Sharing the same physical room is the work of the polish born NY base artist Marcin Wlardotszk titled “Saints “. In his work he uses the sense of saint with the irony that the project got influence by famous criminals.

Genesis 1, 1-31 is a multilayer time based & sound installation combining images, language and sound through different mediums such as print, sound and video. It includes numerous translations of the text of Genesis chapter 1, voices of the people that are reading the text, images of old masters’ from the Renaissance and an ingenious sound track. The installation will be projected from inside of the Gallery to the glass window where passersby will find themselves in the middle of a sound and visual experience in a public realm. The installation will take place between sunset and sunrise –a spiritual timing indistinct whether it is a beginning or an end. The project’s emphasis is on the singular bond among all humans in all their diversity. The images as the background for the scrolling text translations of Genesis 1 and the voices with the sound track create the ambiance for the installation where the translations, the images and the sound are mixed indiscriminately. The project examines and highlights the issues of history, diversity, spirituality, artistic authenticity and image consumption. It reveals the complexity of the Babylonian aspect of any metropolitan city across the world.

The interactive aspect of the project is essential. The sound and emphasizes the diversity and brings different cultures, backgrounds and languages together. Another aspect is the invitation of the community to interact, engage and enjoy during the installation period. The goal is to create an art installation as if it weren’t a formal exhibition at all, but a gathering of friends, sharing stories and temporarily escaping the pervasively isolated nature of contemporary life in their natural habitat. The audience for this project is everyday people that don’t usually go to art events or never even thought becoming a part of an art installation; let alone thinking of their neighborhood and community as a place for art. The place would transform into a totally different environment applauding the people to stop, look, listen and remark. Their input will continue the dialogue and develop the project. During the research time I will interact with local community services, libraries and so forth. This will open the project for more information and knowledge – so far I have 28 languages I would like to use, but open to see if there are more.

A single piece of written text, the most popular in the history of the world, presented in a different context, will make people relate to one another, start a dialogue, broaden their knowledge without leaving their habitat. Using language, image and sound – which are all available matters – in a new way to bring mutual appreciation in the community. The goal of this project is to open up the casual space to dialogue, to allow for chance interactions and to physically show the fraying of the seams between art and life.

The main idea of the project is to explore the dynamics of visual, conceptual and linguistic presentation with a specific text and imageries. The project shows different perspectives of people sharing the same environment. The idea of using a space in an unusual way, in an unconventional time with everyday people is inspiring and stimulating. The mission of the project is to open the physical space and the people in it to a traditional and innovative dialogue during the creation and presentation of project. The exchange of ideas, thoughts, opinions, views, feelings, judgments and dreams – among the people in the community – are the core of this project; making it available to everyone, in a public space involving different senses to experience art.

The project will bring people from different backgrounds, cultures, mentalities, languages and religions to interact. The project will encourage the meaningful aspect of creation. Since the project deals with the concept of language, the way we read, hear and interpret different king of languages; the interaction will happen through out the project origin, production and presentation.
The project will celebrated the diversity of the community and will connect each and every person in that community.

Presenting the installation for the first time in Queens was a natural choice for being according to a 2001 Claritas study, the most diverse county in the United States among counties of 100,000+ populations and for the 138 languages spoken in the borough.