Photo by Dor Kedmi
Mechanical Lungs
Mechanical Lungs invites the viewer to gaze in between three breathing rhythms. Three offwhite natural-fabric sacks inflate and deflate continuously; The sacks seem to be breathing in and out, each at their own pace. A small speaker is implanted inside each sack, enhancing the piece with a hidden sound layer that at some point goes out of sync from the movement of the sacks. A sort of mechanical ballet of breaths in two acts, a tasty polyrhythmic composition that includes the dramatic scene of a slow death.
The outcome is a very delicate and gentle gesture in space.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Mechanical Lungs, 2022
Three raw fabric sacks, nylon bags, three fans, aluminium pipes, wooden boxes, electronic circuit, Arduino programming.
8-minute loop.
Courtesy of the artist.
Curator: Rachel Adams
A part of Maya Dunietz: Root of Two exhibition at Bemis Center
Bezalel Academy of Art & Design
Mechanical Lungs, 2022
Installation, 200x200 cm
Construction design: Eyal Fogel, Uri Sinai, David Lemoine
Sack pattern and sewing: Shirel Inglese
Electronic circuit design: Amit Drori
Electronic soldering: Amir Meir, Yair Reshef
Assistance and artistic consulting: Itzik Gil Avizohar
Curator: Avital Vahab Fuchs
Produced with kind support of Hazira Performance Art Arena Jerusalem and Bemis Center of Contemporary Art Omaha