A ravishing sky effect was painted on the floor with graffiti spray – a cheap material; colored air. We only know what the sky looks like from outside; the sky is but an envelope. The ceiling is reflected in the floor painting, which is a reflection of sky on water. The floor painting, in turn, creates an artificial reflection of a pool and sky in a closed structure. The reflection oscillates between the worlds of reality and imitation. The reflection world is ostensibly likened to the reality world via the mirror-like floor; the space itself is sucked into the work and the mirror disappears. In keeping with the tradition of sky frescos, Levy’s floor piece touches upon the sublime and eternal. It contains a pathos-filled romantic dimension – “Oh!”, and at the same time, it is impudent and light as a feather. The floor painting is cast on the ground, yet conveys a sense of weightlessness, like Borgesian forking paths; the apparatuses that set the work in motion are entirely exposed, but this only enhances its chain of concatenations and reflections. The call “Oh!” inscribed at the heart of the floor painting is like vapor on glass; it is light as air and deep as the last breath. The work as a whole is one single breath.

Elisheva Levy (1980) born in Israel. Lives and Works in Tel Aviv and New York

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