Jan. 15, 2000 – Mar. 4, 2000
∞, video, 20 min., 1998
W\B, video, 18:40 min., 1999
Uri Zeig was born in 1965 in Kiriat-Gat.
Since 1996, Uri Zeig has been creating video works whose themes are sports games and the concepts of space. Zeig experiences different relationships between body and time while delving into social aspects. Through sport, Zeig speaks of the individual and the collective, the political and the social.
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The artist creates games with new rules. At work ∞, Zeig puts up a situation where two groups of dancers, dressed in identical clothes, are on the field and playing a game whose rules the viewer does not know. The game consists of two halves that last 10 minutes each. The field on which the players play varies in size in direct proportion to the time left, it expands and contracts according to the duration of the game.
In his work, examines Zeig time and place by small and dynamic changes in their boundaries.
In B/W work, the viewer is exposed to an abstract image in black and white, the origin of which is unknown. Only during the course of the video, when the camera focuses on the details, does it become clear that we are facing a snowy mountain, with the trees and ground partially exposed, creating the appearance of black and white. Among other things, the work relates to a different view of things from a changing point of view.
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