https://ronniekarfiol.com ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:01:15 +0000 https://ronniekarfiol.com en https://ronniekarfiol.com/Sea-Change-Terms-of-Service Sun, 29 Apr 2018 08:09:04 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/Sea-Change-Terms-of-Service Sea Change: Terms of Service2017&nbsp; Sea Change: Terms of Service is looking at our data-driven age from a post-mortem perspective. It is an age in which we are bounded by countless “Terms of Services” contracts, lured into signing them so to establish a “social life” where we are educated to upload, share, and react. As a result, the websites collect an impeccable vast amount of data on each and every user. The data-owners believing themselves to know us even better than our friends and family. One could say, that this is an age when our data virtually embalms us while we are still alive. And so, after we pass away, we may leave behind us a sculpture of an unknown kind, our new death mask - a data mask. The project is compiled of nine (9) Data masks, based on a mutual prototype and then rendered with statistic data regarding the % of dead people on Facebook as well as the % of refugees in the world’s popoulation. The second part is ”Terms of Service”, a&nbsp;video work based on a textual meditation on the Terms of Service agreement, which renders the agreement into something reminiscent of a monotheist prayer between God and Man, similiar to Website and User. The third part is Cyber War, a sculpture creating a hybrid between a human hand mutated in battle and a VR (Virtual Reality) controller, a reflection upon the meta reality of war today, as the warfare becomes ever more technological and virtual - without a direct connection between the target and the killer. ︎ More photos: Comissioned for Adams Prize for young Israeli Artist, 2017 <img width="358" height="640" width_o="358" height_o="640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2be8d4a84c5a4c0ffcea8a8c9adb910fe204a74c733e7fac76213ed7675e7d69/MASK00.gif" data-mid="15543326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/358/i/2be8d4a84c5a4c0ffcea8a8c9adb910fe204a74c733e7fac76213ed7675e7d69/MASK00.gif" /> <img width="2000" height="1548" width_o="2000" height_o="1548" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d42b3fa0fbd0cedcae7bdb9fdff12f2baaf99cb7f711d69b8737598300953d3/CyberWar_Sculpture_RonnieKarfiol001.jpg" data-mid="15543336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d42b3fa0fbd0cedcae7bdb9fdff12f2baaf99cb7f711d69b8737598300953d3/CyberWar_Sculpture_RonnieKarfiol001.jpg" /> Cyber War(Mutated human hand and VR controller)ABS Plastics 3D PrintInstallation View, Adams Prize for Young Israeli Artist 2017 <img width="2000" height="1129" width_o="2000" height_o="1129" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1f80aa223496e3686282bfd0a708faf04d5137cb6bcd9eca4072267853d51f1/terms-blue-2000px.jpg" data-mid="15543339" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1f80aa223496e3686282bfd0a708faf04d5137cb6bcd9eca4072267853d51f1/terms-blue-2000px.jpg" /> Terms of Service Text work in HD video (7:30min) Installation View, Adams Prize for Young Israeli Artist 2017 <img width="6213" height="3541" width_o="6213" height_o="3541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2254cfa4aa85624390fb9b04108f47a0d05465f574564711f7aa7da9f5fc1588/FINALMASK_1.jpg" data-mid="15543522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2254cfa4aa85624390fb9b04108f47a0d05465f574564711f7aa7da9f5fc1588/FINALMASK_1.jpg" /> Data Death Mask&nbsp; 3D render in printMask #2 of 9 <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20952028a19b7360be4835b62dc56784e6ed05f11fcd605891be156b7921433d/Binyamin_TwoMasks1.jpg" data-mid="18012619" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20952028a19b7360be4835b62dc56784e6ed05f11fcd605891be156b7921433d/Binyamin_TwoMasks1.jpg" /> Data Death Masks&nbsp; Installation View Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv 2018 <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc8d73a17dd8f7466793ff9a518bdc516b3179c6721e007fc39d49bb90b5fc50/Binyamin_AllDataMasks1.jpg" data-mid="18012476" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc8d73a17dd8f7466793ff9a518bdc516b3179c6721e007fc39d49bb90b5fc50/Binyamin_AllDataMasks1.jpg" />Data Death Masks&nbsp;Installation ViewBinyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv 2018 https://ronniekarfiol.com/Sebil-21-2 Sun, 29 Apr 2018 08:09:05 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/Sebil-21-2 Sebil 21 ︎ Watch Preview ︎ Read more on CCA Website Sebil 21 by Ronnie Karfiol is part of the CCA’s “Captive Portal” site-specific Wi-Fi series. Visitors to the CCA log on to the wireless network and are alerted to a refugee boat in close proximity to the Tel Aviv-Jaffa shore. They are invited to donate part of their phone’s bandwidth to the nearby refugees aboard the vessel. Refugees traveling by boat need internet in order to communicate a warning or an SOS, keep track of their whereabouts, or download information that can help them survive the journey.Sebil 21, whose title comes from “sebil,” public water fountains found throughout the Ottoman Empire to provide drinking water for travelers, brings to the fore how internet access is a fundamental human right that can impact life-or-death situations. By asking gallery visitors to sacrifice some of their internet speed and transfer it to a stranger in need, Karfiol confronts users with a directly political and ethical decision. About Captive Portal “Captive Portal” is a digital “fifth wall,” a gallery wall accessed by visitors on their mobile wireless devices during their visit to the CCA, where the Wi-Fi platform is available throughout the building. We constantly navigate Wi-Fi spaces in our daily lives, and connect with them through “captive portals” that are usually used for commercial advertising by large corporations, but it can also serve as an invisible “canvas.”The CCA takes advantage of the constant obsessive search for WiFi, by both humans and cellular machines, to “captivate” or trap audiences into viewing a temporary, site-specific work of art before continuing to surf the net or use their mobile device. The project manipulates the very moment when visitors disconnect from the gallery space and enter an immaterial “space” rife with possibility.“Captive Portal” is curated by Yoav Lifshitz, Tal Messing, and CCA Curator Chen Tamir. Site-specific WiFi Installation HTML, CSS, Javascript languages2017<img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f1a1682c8cfc12738cbdb4306b4983a9fca323c9f06f844ba2e6b354333e4cb/Sebil_Inhand1.jpg" data-mid="23405891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f1a1682c8cfc12738cbdb4306b4983a9fca323c9f06f844ba2e6b354333e4cb/Sebil_Inhand1.jpg" />https://cca.org.il/en/captive-portal-sebil-21/ <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f1a1682c8cfc12738cbdb4306b4983a9fca323c9f06f844ba2e6b354333e4cb/Sebil_Inhand1.jpg" data-mid="23405891" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f1a1682c8cfc12738cbdb4306b4983a9fca323c9f06f844ba2e6b354333e4cb/Sebil_Inhand1.jpg" /> <img width="5616" height="3744" width_o="5616" height_o="3744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c613de7cfe6839970d66983e712eef9d414b6f86d97eed2b51a567364110a5b/SEBIL_Bench1-FINE1.jpg" data-mid="23405919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c613de7cfe6839970d66983e712eef9d414b6f86d97eed2b51a567364110a5b/SEBIL_Bench1-FINE1.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="1667" width_o="2500" height_o="1667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d1336f935417e91a4f425f2d262298773c0384f3d346a4491c34036e3a7c329/SEBIL1_4.jpg" data-mid="23405920" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d1336f935417e91a4f425f2d262298773c0384f3d346a4491c34036e3a7c329/SEBIL1_4.jpg" /> https://ronniekarfiol.com/War-Assistant Sun, 02 Dec 2018 14:38:14 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/War-Assistant War Assistant&nbsp;︎ ︎ Read more on Petach Tikva Museum website War Assistant inspired by video games, Ronnie Karfiol's computer animation addresses questions of morality and warfare in an era of artificial intelligence. The images of the kite and drone are familiar to us from the constant battles between Israel and Gaza, when, in the summer of 2018, the IDF intercepted kites from Gaza using drones. The kite and the drone are not strange to one another: Until the invention of the drone, the kite was used for aerial photography, especially in the early 20th century. War Assistant is an artificial intelligence entity, that much like the kite and the drone, observes the battle from above. The AI represents a controlling perspective and asks mankind for permission to take over. The work challenges our ruling gaze and that of the machine alike. War Assistant emphasizes the temptations of new belligerent technology, in the spirit of "pure war," to use a term coined by French philosopher Paul Virilio. "Pure war" is a war that is embedded in everyday life, such as the fighting between Israel and Gaza. It is a low-key war routine, war that survives even in times of peace, accelerating the technological development of the weapon industries. The title of the work focuses our attention on the virtual war assistant, usually cast in a female gendered voice which is identified with empathy and compassion. Like Siri and Alexa, the assistant verbalizes inanimate objects using algorithm-based AI. Ostensibly intelligent, her interpretation is, in fact, an emotional-manipulative move which distances war by preserving a seemingly moderate battle, rendering it an autonomous enclave, much like computer game simulations. The temptation camouflages the fact that every war, as technological and intelligent as it may be, ultimately has a real impact on our lives. Commisioned for The Petach Tikva Museum, Israel Curator: Nohar Ben-Asher Museum Curator: Maya Klein Ribak <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afaeb71abb7d8a54dabb42873a38bd7b02c58081f789a8a71d40b1a6faab2425/WarAssistant_gif01.gif" data-mid="45425440" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/afaeb71abb7d8a54dabb42873a38bd7b02c58081f789a8a71d40b1a6faab2425/WarAssistant_gif01.gif" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ea04af9482b237f58317a2ada820db5742691d5033d4bd217ac3b4d3a8f7067/WarAssistant_PR01.png" data-mid="45414503" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ea04af9482b237f58317a2ada820db5742691d5033d4bd217ac3b4d3a8f7067/WarAssistant_PR01.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5660613cb1de937e9ab3b94f99b2d56d4a70776ead3549a8264bdddee5dfe56/WarAssistant_PR02.png" data-mid="45414513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5660613cb1de937e9ab3b94f99b2d56d4a70776ead3549a8264bdddee5dfe56/WarAssistant_PR02.png" />3-screen installation, 6:03min. each, synced. English Audio with subtitles3D Rig &amp; Animation: Anna Isayenko Post Effects: Tamar Katz Soundtrack: Paloma Kop Special thanks to Eldad Sery and the Petach Tikva Museum Team: Hezi Lavi, Drorit Gur Arye, Bar Yerushalmi and Bar Goren. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ea04af9482b237f58317a2ada820db5742691d5033d4bd217ac3b4d3a8f7067/WarAssistant_PR01.png" data-mid="45414503" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ea04af9482b237f58317a2ada820db5742691d5033d4bd217ac3b4d3a8f7067/WarAssistant_PR01.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7d18524592dcc4ec7b4ccdf142333a72f35fc7e819b18244de74de12c0bfeef/WarAssistant_PR09.png" data-mid="45420603" border="0" data-scale="87" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7d18524592dcc4ec7b4ccdf142333a72f35fc7e819b18244de74de12c0bfeef/WarAssistant_PR09.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b0ab114107de1966ca97c45bd7db6d329a79fbfbc32476f0954e4ff9efe0ae3/WarAssistant_pr07.png" data-mid="45420639" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b0ab114107de1966ca97c45bd7db6d329a79fbfbc32476f0954e4ff9efe0ae3/WarAssistant_pr07.png" /> <img width="3360" height="2100" width_o="3360" height_o="2100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0517f038bff2b3e1d1a394aff91654137c132fe4f3606795d8dea5764827a37d/WarAssistant_effects.png" data-mid="47212907" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0517f038bff2b3e1d1a394aff91654137c132fe4f3606795d8dea5764827a37d/WarAssistant_effects.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5660613cb1de937e9ab3b94f99b2d56d4a70776ead3549a8264bdddee5dfe56/WarAssistant_PR02.png" data-mid="45414513" border="0" data-scale="88" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5660613cb1de937e9ab3b94f99b2d56d4a70776ead3549a8264bdddee5dfe56/WarAssistant_PR02.png" /> https://ronniekarfiol.com/Shin Sun, 12 Feb 2023 04:57:14 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/Shin Shin 神 שין 1 tutorial ︎ Read more on ONA&nbsp; In Hebrew, Israel’s native language, Shin is the name of the first-before-last alphabetical letter (ש) and its shape embodies the spiritual meaning of - fierce change; burning and transforming. As such, it traditionally symbolizes the connection between the depths below and the highs above. As an Israeli new media artist originally from Tel Aviv, Israel, I moved to East Asia two years ago. During that time I have developed a new body of work that connects the traditions of Jewish secret mythology of Kabbalah, together with impressions from contemporary culture of RPG games that dominate East Asia, such as Genshin Impact. In Shin, I am reflecting on the notion of being both a stranger physically but a local digitally, as a young woman fluent in game culture. Through the image and dual character of the Shin (using the Chinese pronunciation of the Kanji - 神) which is also the name of the ש Hebrew letter) I create the vision of an entity, partly a Seraph, a frightening, mythological Jewish angel, and partly a non-traditional, queer self portrait of a woman looking to find her own vantage point in this world. Commisioned for Ona Untitled Space&nbsp;おんなアートギャラリ Tokyo, Japan 2023 Curator: Lital Bar NoyGallery Directors: Rio Usuii, Ewelina Skowronska <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e76c49ed80bb9a58f67ff25ade51feb036bd20e2c0eae344d1f3ad1d3303b9ce/Shin_006.jpg" data-mid="173939328" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e76c49ed80bb9a58f67ff25ade51feb036bd20e2c0eae344d1f3ad1d3303b9ce/Shin_006.jpg" /> single channel installation, 3:03 min. 3D prints (resin, FDM) wax, feathers Japanese Furigana notebook 3D Rig &amp; Animation: Ronnie Karfiol 3D Printing: Keisuke Inoue Furigana&nbsp;Notebook: 7-eleven Japan Special thanks to Ishay for additional 3D printing <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3456cd2af3d4de91f699fccf23ca2ea79be2a76efc9cf516b7b8f4879ea57fa7/Shin__skin1.jpg" data-mid="173939277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3456cd2af3d4de91f699fccf23ca2ea79be2a76efc9cf516b7b8f4879ea57fa7/Shin__skin1.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1280" width_o="1920" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5218cbb465e6f9e861ac55c7d597c809a8e8288dd4a7bd02652cc51656244fd7/Shin__SkinTutorial11.jpg" data-mid="173939279" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5218cbb465e6f9e861ac55c7d597c809a8e8288dd4a7bd02652cc51656244fd7/Shin__SkinTutorial11.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1251" width_o="1920" height_o="1251" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88bcb84b2dd2968afdb277d7028cea9575c72b609d7164768595d6307262f2a3/Shin__Truel11.jpg" data-mid="173939281" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88bcb84b2dd2968afdb277d7028cea9575c72b609d7164768595d6307262f2a3/Shin__Truel11.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1428" width_o="1920" height_o="1428" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84ea73b2a85867cefaffd49b544f9e891e43271b072bc5c7444d7fb80dbee044/Shin_Incantation_2.jpg" data-mid="173939434" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84ea73b2a85867cefaffd49b544f9e891e43271b072bc5c7444d7fb80dbee044/Shin_Incantation_2.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be6c0116dbff157713954ddcedad6ab452fdd72684f25dbbe7f6b032d3ab7ff3/SHIN_007.jpg" data-mid="180939617" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be6c0116dbff157713954ddcedad6ab452fdd72684f25dbbe7f6b032d3ab7ff3/SHIN_007.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dfb971ac19a5725564f5239a69b8d804793a49e77e6c61893a69739842f75f9/Shin__009.jpg" data-mid="180939616" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dfb971ac19a5725564f5239a69b8d804793a49e77e6c61893a69739842f75f9/Shin__009.jpg" /> https://ronniekarfiol.com/Saturnee-The-Return Tue, 26 Mar 2024 08:14:53 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/Saturnee-The-Return Saturnee (My Return) ︎ Read more on&nbsp; In Saturnee, the artist examines a 3D render of herself made three years ago, shortly before the start of what traditional Babylonian/Greek astrology deems as one’s first saturn return, a time in which the slowest planet to circulate, return to its position at one’s time of birth. Technically, this event lasts around 2-2.5 years and begins at the end of one’s twenties.&nbsp; For Karfiol, this is a time in which she relocated to Seoul, Korea, to further her studies and artistic research, and remained during her Saturn Return period.&nbsp; Coincidentally, Seoul lies at the culmination of her Astrocartographical line of Saturn. Fabricating the 3D render into the gallery and re-working on the model to make it print-ready, a circle of roots appeared as a ‘stabilizer’ to the head sculpture itself.&nbsp; Photography: Hadas Hay Comissioned for Koresh Gallery Jerusalem, 2023-4Curator: Dveer Shaked <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a456e9b676641d4049bf7a5efc8ca1f4c0b3f39be7abcd69833808b7abf9c7ab/DSC07245.jpg" data-mid="207615697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a456e9b676641d4049bf7a5efc8ca1f4c0b3f39be7abcd69833808b7abf9c7ab/DSC07245.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af40539702f4ab8ef0df30ed86b118d1abf7940c5d6a80aa1114678f5fbd133e/DSC07214.jpg" data-mid="207615691" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af40539702f4ab8ef0df30ed86b118d1abf7940c5d6a80aa1114678f5fbd133e/DSC07214.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aeeb613adb3adf38bb5737647780e866a3f68e07e4d5eb166eda629fd8faa06/DSC07215.jpg" data-mid="207615692" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3aeeb613adb3adf38bb5737647780e866a3f68e07e4d5eb166eda629fd8faa06/DSC07215.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/092f2364a06ce475b584ff98b92b98f899d796e1579908c7361a0bd2c24f6ddd/DSC07260.jpg" data-mid="207615703" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/092f2364a06ce475b584ff98b92b98f899d796e1579908c7361a0bd2c24f6ddd/DSC07260.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a456e9b676641d4049bf7a5efc8ca1f4c0b3f39be7abcd69833808b7abf9c7ab/DSC07245.jpg" data-mid="207615697" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a456e9b676641d4049bf7a5efc8ca1f4c0b3f39be7abcd69833808b7abf9c7ab/DSC07245.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aeeb613adb3adf38bb5737647780e866a3f68e07e4d5eb166eda629fd8faa06/DSC07215.jpg" data-mid="207615692" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3aeeb613adb3adf38bb5737647780e866a3f68e07e4d5eb166eda629fd8faa06/DSC07215.jpg" /><img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ad5c7f12d1612186ac94582b0aaf94c19dafd774aa0b61114cfad5ed13db70f5/DSC07242.jpg" data-mid="207615695" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ad5c7f12d1612186ac94582b0aaf94c19dafd774aa0b61114cfad5ed13db70f5/DSC07242.jpg" /> https://ronniekarfiol.com/Storm-Journal-Himawari Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:01:15 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/Storm-Journal-Himawari Storm Journal (Himawari)嵐日記（ひまわり） ︎&nbsp;I lost my sister this past year, and I am reflecting on how loss is experienced as a complex mix of emotions and memories, where different feelings and thoughts emerge every day, fragmented. This is why I wanted to capture an archive of storms. For a month, I collected a ‘snapshot’ of the skies above Japan every day from the Himawari-8 satellite. These are the building blocks of this sculptural piece. Only the arched part on top is showing the storm on Venus. The Venusian storm happened during the same month, just outside our planet’s atmosphere. I assembled them in an arch-like shape made of 3D prints. The projection of the light-spectrum gradient can be interpreted in different ways, but the most important thing is that it aims to create a portal, or passageway, into a different dimension. The spiritual element can be experienced differently by each viewer. I hope you can meditate for a moment while looking at it, and feel calm. 今年、私は妹を亡くし、喪失とは日々さまざまな感情や記憶が入り混じり、断片的にあらわれる複雑な体験なのだと改めて感じています。 そのため、私は「嵐のアーカイブ」をつくりたいと思いました。1か月間、毎日、日本上空の“スナップショット”を気象衛星「ひまわり8号」から集めました。上部の弧状の部分にのみ、金星で起きた嵐が映し出されています。金星の嵐は、同じ月に、地球の大気圏のすぐ外側で発生したものです。それらの画像を3Dプリントによって弧のような形に組み合わせました。 投影される光のスペクトルのグラデーションは、見る人によってさまざまに解釈できます。しかし、最も大切なのは、それが別の次元へとつながる“入口”や“通路”のような存在を目指しているということです。精神的・霊的な要素は、それぞれの鑑賞者によって異なるかたちで体験されるはずです。これを眺めながら、ほんのひとときでも心を静め、落ち着きを感じてもらえたらうれしいです。 translation review: Shu Brown <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d1db79705bcaa816246e5d5e31f37074686dbf9d92bde60f3cedb4535c00f6c/himawari1111.jpg" data-mid="240876210" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d1db79705bcaa816246e5d5e31f37074686dbf9d92bde60f3cedb4535c00f6c/himawari1111.jpg" /><img width="3072" height="5472" width_o="3072" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc520f81aefcb362da3ddfa61526788af7052136b18dfc65f41e582ba71d98f3/IMG_0672.JPG" data-mid="240933113" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc520f81aefcb362da3ddfa61526788af7052136b18dfc65f41e582ba71d98f3/IMG_0672.JPG" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b089f3e6138ac06e5e5bd81bb8b20710a9cd95015b3a5855a2b200c75e913861/IMG_0423.JPG" data-mid="240909866" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b089f3e6138ac06e5e5bd81bb8b20710a9cd95015b3a5855a2b200c75e913861/IMG_0423.JPG" /><img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe03abb48cd4ee92f942403c2b56505b851d2a4202c74b4acc772ffdbad75c97/IMG_0531.JPG" data-mid="240925732" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe03abb48cd4ee92f942403c2b56505b851d2a4202c74b4acc772ffdbad75c97/IMG_0531.JPG" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ebc80660689c46ac7a77f676618cdf21181083bafc3712d3ebb78f03dc85132/IMG_0429.JPG" data-mid="240909862" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ebc80660689c46ac7a77f676618cdf21181083bafc3712d3ebb78f03dc85132/IMG_0429.JPG" /> https://ronniekarfiol.com/In-Sickness-In-Health Sun, 13 Sep 2020 09:31:25 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/In-Sickness-In-Health In Sickness &amp; In Health ︎ ︎ Read more on Bidud website The “Totentanz” motif is a recurring theme in art history’s skies at times of crisis and despair. Its first known origins come from the 14th century, when a post-Black Death Europe was still processing the loss. In an etching piece attributed to Michael Volgemut, part of the Nuremberg Bible, the “Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones” scene from Ezekiel book appears re-modelled, with singing and dancing as a joyful group of skeletons. An illustration of the endless, unfathomable dance between life and tragedy.&nbsp; Similiarily, 500 years onwards, Walt Disney’s dance macabre “skeleton dance” animation piece, was made in the post-1929 economic crash, shows a single skeleton unfolding into a merry group.&nbsp; Similiarily, In Sickness &amp; In Health&nbsp;is the tragi-comic dance which takes place nowadays, deep in the refuge of the private home. As public gatherins are being sanctioned, even banned - Zoom sessions in which stranger people dance together - thrive. &nbsp; Commisioned for Bidud Special covid-19 residency 2020 Exhibited on Beit Hansen Gallery, Jerusalem, May-July 2020 Curators: Noy Haimovitz + Tamir Erlich In Collection: Herzliya Museum of Art “Corona Diaries” <img width="1308" height="732" width_o="1308" height_o="732" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc91bf4a7fee765ab0c20a0b1e2cdd9fccdaaf76080cb4432bac138789a0b1e2/totentanz3.gif" data-mid="82565346" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc91bf4a7fee765ab0c20a0b1e2cdd9fccdaaf76080cb4432bac138789a0b1e2/totentanz3.gif" /> <img width="2863" height="1580" width_o="2863" height_o="1580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6aca5e285641d8a17c804aa9f2a30d0bbdab2c8ce4091b0ada2b8d3d5287a63c/bidud-sneakpeek1.png" data-mid="82546203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6aca5e285641d8a17c804aa9f2a30d0bbdab2c8ce4091b0ada2b8d3d5287a63c/bidud-sneakpeek1.png" /> <img width="1408" height="889" width_o="1408" height_o="889" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/479faf29c52a172d3739dd6e8a59de2dac4dfc6b73ab08ff361b88c89751f39a/insick_crop1.png" data-mid="83319698" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/479faf29c52a172d3739dd6e8a59de2dac4dfc6b73ab08ff361b88c89751f39a/insick_crop1.png" /> video installation, 1min. English Audio with subtitles FDM ABS Sculpture Soundtrack: Gaga Virtual Classes <img width="2863" height="1580" width_o="2863" height_o="1580" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6aca5e285641d8a17c804aa9f2a30d0bbdab2c8ce4091b0ada2b8d3d5287a63c/bidud-sneakpeek1.png" data-mid="82546203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6aca5e285641d8a17c804aa9f2a30d0bbdab2c8ce4091b0ada2b8d3d5287a63c/bidud-sneakpeek1.png" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4eace35c3169683f9971f161327d59f66c92e5a6bbf5c8397b87dfc5c70542cb/BIDUD_MASK01.png" data-mid="82546207" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4eace35c3169683f9971f161327d59f66c92e5a6bbf5c8397b87dfc5c70542cb/BIDUD_MASK01.png" /> https://ronniekarfiol.com/Purge-Pray-Play Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:00:58 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/Purge-Pray-Play Purge Pray Play ︎ ︎ Read more on purgeprayplay.com . &nbsp; [PADMENIC &gt; LOOKING AT DANTE] We are living in an era when the global collective is trying to resurrect itself from the wounds of a pandemic, unsure whether heaven will ever be back, or, perhaps, the hell of trying to tame an invisible virus is here to stay. Looking for some wisdom, we looked back to a classic - Dante Alleghieri’s seventh-levelled Purgatorio, the space between heaven and hell, the liminal crossing between paying for one’s sins and enjoying heaven’s delights. Although the notion of a purgatory, a transformative place for purging one’s sins, is very Christian in nature, similiar concepts exist within other traditions, too: Al A’raf in Islam, the Narakas in Buddhism, and the Barrelhaven in Judaism. The notion of climbing seven levels is also prevalent in ancient myths, like Inanna in the Underworld. [PURGING &gt; AS A RITUAL] Traditionally, humans turned to different purging acts in order to cope with unknown viruses devouring their lives, literally and metaphorically. Humanity’s attempt at purifying itself from the virus’ threat isn’t completely rational, though we can find some reasoning for it. The purging act serves as a ritual act as well, playful at times, which taps into our age-old psyche and grants us some peace of mind. What is associated today with using hand sanitizing gel, or wearing a surgical mask, has been taking place centuries ago with the act of fumigation and other purging acts. We detect the playfulness in contemporary rituals and we intend to merge the experience of an art exhibition with a unique user experience giving a chance to actively engage, explore and build onto existing works as creative collaboration. The Purgatorio’s viewer will be the spect-actor, one who will activate the experience while submitting to the set logic of the purgatory, which demands their attention at viewing each level and its artworks to unlock the next level and so forth. [ARTISTIC PRACTICE &gt; VAPORWAVE AND MIDDLE AGES] The Purgatorio Mountain, visually rendered by Ronnie Karfiol, is standing lonely inside the digital-landscape, taking its inspiration from the vaporwave aesthetic, reminiscent of the computer commercials of the 1980s and 1990s. Much like in medieval art, the mountain is disconnected from a realistic perspective, not actually trying to portray anything other than ideas and concepts. Taken together, the combination of these two inspirational sources represent what philosopher Žarko Paić called “the image without the world”, image artifacts that pop up in the landscape and no longer have a reference in time or space; nor do they have nature or history. They depict the haunting freedom of representation in terms of the artificiality of the virtual world. [ARTWORKS AND THE SPECT-ACTOR TOUR] The artworks themselves also function as images without a world. Entering the Purgatorio Mountain, we first see Léa Porré’s Royal Fate is Fluid, which follows Louis XVI's decapitated head, confronting us with the notion of Pride. On the second level, Yiming Yang’s 3D model Splice is a hybrid - a meeting between a spider and a human being, reflecting on whether the boundaries between technology and the body could trigger in us a feeling of Envy. Following this is another Cyborgian example by artist Anthr0morph, which investigates the non-human bodies in their performance on Instagram, perhaps evoking sentiments of Wrath. The fourth floor of Sloth lets us meet Yun Choi’s Where The Heart Goes, an exploration of the sense of banality in the collective faith behind common images. Ballet Pathetique by Adam Basanta is on the fifth terrace, showing us the useless act of Greed as expressed in the orchestrated dance of simple oscillating fans. The sixth floor, that of Gluttony, is where Letta Shtohryn’s video Offshore Bakery, shows an investigative look into the financial meganetworks woven behind the romantic facade of Valletta's old town buildings. Getting to the top, we reach the seventh level of Lust, where Mor Afgin’s installation UXUI juxtaposes the life cycle of a biological bird with that of a Bird public scooter. Throughout the journey up the floors, a sound plays in the background. Taken from Yuwol June C's video-work I would lick to be someone else.&nbsp; The audio (created together with rapper Xéna N.C.) is separated from its visual source, evokes the vague feeling of being trapped inside an unknown quest. At last, we arrive at the floor of Heavenly Paradise: this is where Ebstorfer World Map by Liliana Farber invites us to take a closer look at the crossing between the reality of Google Maps and that of world travelers from centuries ago. At this moment, the game changes. We perceive the Purgatorio Mountain from another perspective, as a moment of the Kantian sublime, as the image stretches on the screen beyond all previous limitations of the quest level design. After breaking the game’s grid, inciting a visceral meaning-making, the linear exhibition mode collapses, too: the viewer has to decide whether they want to get out of the maze, or go back to the Mountain and its artworks. Commisioned for the Wrong biennale #5 edition2021-2 Exhibited online Curators: Lital Bar Noy + Ronnie Karfiol Participants: Lea Porre, Yiming Yang, Anthr0morph, Yun Choi, Adam Basanta, Letta Shtohryn, Mor Afgin, Liliana Farber <img width="1814" height="1034" width_o="1814" height_o="1034" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02da9f49e22c4332c88aa7d0b9302adab29898ae0fabe87efe2c1176a199ec9a/purgatory_back06.png" data-mid="123042350" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02da9f49e22c4332c88aa7d0b9302adab29898ae0fabe87efe2c1176a199ec9a/purgatory_back06.png" /> <img width="1365" height="954" width_o="1365" height_o="954" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa73bf42ac3bbfd8c9cd6858273b7eaa9aadc35667f239c82323395fb9071a4a/purgeprayplay_wireframes12.png" data-mid="123043162" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa73bf42ac3bbfd8c9cd6858273b7eaa9aadc35667f239c82323395fb9071a4a/purgeprayplay_wireframes12.png" /> <img width="1814" height="1034" width_o="1814" height_o="1034" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02da9f49e22c4332c88aa7d0b9302adab29898ae0fabe87efe2c1176a199ec9a/purgatory_back06.png" data-mid="123042350" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02da9f49e22c4332c88aa7d0b9302adab29898ae0fabe87efe2c1176a199ec9a/purgatory_back06.png" /> https://ronniekarfiol.com/Arsur Sat, 26 Oct 2019 18:58:44 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/Arsur Arsur&nbsp; ︎ Read more on the Nachum Guttman Museum website The Video work “Arsur” is a reflection on the passing of time in what was once a historical site. Arsur, known today as Apollonia-Arsuf, is a ruins of medieval castles. While the castle was notably used by crusaders, it was destroyed by the Mamluks later on. Arsur, a site indifferent to the current Israeli/Palestinian struggle, is almost foreign to the land in the way it lies atop the meditternean sea.&nbsp; The castle&nbsp;Arsur is seen not as a mere physical historical site per se, but as a polychronic entity in an animated 3D scan. Pseudo-historic memories appear and vanish, so to speak of the inability of the physical space to signify anything but humankind itself. The physical site of Arsur itself is at high risk according to UNESCO. The pull of the sea resulting in the collapse of larger parts of the castle’s ruins. &nbsp; Commisioned for The Nachum Guttman Museum exhibition:&nbsp; Staycation Winner of the Independent Artists’ Fund Award 2020 &nbsp; Nov. 2019 - Apr.2020 Exhibition Curator: Tali KyamMuseum Curator: Monica Lavi Special thanks for the Museum technical team <img width="960" height="540" width_o="960" height_o="540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afdad0b86f138938a581e084a506e3d3c3b410a5392bd78d9b985060d997eea0/Arsur_GIF2_r-1.gif" data-mid="104941587" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/afdad0b86f138938a581e084a506e3d3c3b410a5392bd78d9b985060d997eea0/Arsur_GIF2_r-1.gif" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac6d421112cfb787833fab5d4a462c14dea7652188bba761c076369e3a67b0e1/SkullRotatesPOV_pr.png" data-mid="53900707" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac6d421112cfb787833fab5d4a462c14dea7652188bba761c076369e3a67b0e1/SkullRotatesPOV_pr.png" />video installation, sand 220*120cm 4:24min.3D Scan Assistance: Arcan Lux&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58d9809fa487757d4ec449fb93bf126bc94a6fe0e74a1fbb80b0c86041e578ac/ARSUR_COVERNEW11.jpg" data-mid="104935398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58d9809fa487757d4ec449fb93bf126bc94a6fe0e74a1fbb80b0c86041e578ac/ARSUR_COVERNEW11.jpg" /> <img width="2871" height="1593" width_o="2871" height_o="1593" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a19883b61d9b35b7acdc5318e978e1fd4c964a6e8560260e38d1cfd047c3ff4c/Arsur_Arrow1.png" data-mid="104941256" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a19883b61d9b35b7acdc5318e978e1fd4c964a6e8560260e38d1cfd047c3ff4c/Arsur_Arrow1.png" /><img width="1814" height="1020" width_o="1814" height_o="1020" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a5c79698ef6cfe02f6ca58839a873fe59370b41519dd4728b5a7204bea2e3f05/ArsurPR3.png" data-mid="59754049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a5c79698ef6cfe02f6ca58839a873fe59370b41519dd4728b5a7204bea2e3f05/ArsurPR3.png" /><img width="2880" height="1599" width_o="2880" height_o="1599" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7998dad3472960e52f86b3bf885c1e6ead2cf2ac521248010e7c773464f1810/ArsurPR5.png" data-mid="59754076" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7998dad3472960e52f86b3bf885c1e6ead2cf2ac521248010e7c773464f1810/ArsurPR5.png" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac6d421112cfb787833fab5d4a462c14dea7652188bba761c076369e3a67b0e1/SkullRotatesPOV_pr.png" data-mid="53900707" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ac6d421112cfb787833fab5d4a462c14dea7652188bba761c076369e3a67b0e1/SkullRotatesPOV_pr.png" /> Screenshots from Arsur scanned ±2019 https://ronniekarfiol.com/Abracadabra Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:24:06 +0000 ~ Ronnie Karfiol ~ https://ronniekarfiol.com/Abracadabra Abracadabra ︎ ︎ Read more on CCA website Abracadabra by Ronnie Karfiol is presented as part of the the CCA Exhibition “Stumbling through the Uncanny Valley”, exploring the discourse between digitally rendered art and the self. Abracadabra is an animation work guiding the user through new methods of mummification as they are performed online by big data mammoths, such as social media providers and data agencies. The video follows an installation wizard, akin to a software installation, in which the performed ritual is that of mummificating not the physical body, but rather the spirit which is enveloped within the vast amount of data collected throughout a user’s lifetime generated online data.&nbsp; Abracadabra is an ancient Hebrew spell, which literally means “To create as one speaks/To create with words”. It has been widely accepted since the Middle Ages as a powerful magical spell. In this context of mummification through data, the data - which is usually just code - is the new word of creation. Commisioned for the Center of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Stumbling through the Uncanny Valley exhibition Curator: Chen Tamir CCA Manager: Nicola Trezzi 2019 <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1cfeb98abc756b750ce1ae7863f054a1bbb8b063642943efd4524aae9042a67/Abra_GIF.gif" data-mid="45429990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e1cfeb98abc756b750ce1ae7863f054a1bbb8b063642943efd4524aae9042a67/Abra_GIF.gif" /><img width="2355" height="1461" width_o="2355" height_o="1461" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba1f3bac0b584188e8a27d7ca875d823ca54b60cf95aa612d7beb7ca98db85d1/ABRACADABRA.png" data-mid="30568163" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba1f3bac0b584188e8a27d7ca875d823ca54b60cf95aa612d7beb7ca98db85d1/ABRACADABRA.png" /><img width="2362" height="1485" width_o="2362" height_o="1485" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f37eb83be5d19e4606d9b65f0ba784be2cbf013ac045e076ea9cd2c4f93c00d9/ABRACADABRA2.png" data-mid="30568162" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f37eb83be5d19e4606d9b65f0ba784be2cbf013ac045e076ea9cd2c4f93c00d9/ABRACADABRA2.png" /> Animation video, 7:03min, looped. English Audio with subtitles <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1cfeb98abc756b750ce1ae7863f054a1bbb8b063642943efd4524aae9042a67/Abra_GIF.gif" data-mid="45429990" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/e1cfeb98abc756b750ce1ae7863f054a1bbb8b063642943efd4524aae9042a67/Abra_GIF.gif" />