ARIEL EFRAIM ASHBEL AND FRIENDS : objects

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recently i was mentioning Wittgenstein in a discussion

and specifically his idea at the end of the Tractatus, according to which "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." Subi just showed me this video, and I really think it is not possible to say anything about it.

CHIKOS is finally online

Here is Chikos, a show I made with Maya in 2009. (more info about it here) After some technological struggles I finally managed to put the whole thing on Youtube without chopping it. Bonapetit.

I didn't even dream about something so

Unbelievably cool.

Alona Rodeh - when you are here

a great video my dear friend Alona made. I think it's a beautiful example of how a specific gaze in the right context can give you a glimpse of a whole process. When you see this little moment in the car next to some of Alona's installations, her take on live art and kinetic, time-based sculpture becomes very clear. Nowadays, doing something so specific without making it literal and (pseudo-)intellectual is truly a blessing. Cheers babe! :-)

It also reminded me of this little one I made two years ago:

Here's another one of Alona's installations in Brener St. in Tel Aviv:

And continuing this very free stream of consciousness, here is a gorgeous piece by Brussels theatermaker Kris Verdonck:

I would try it

This Is from the PETA blog, three years ago (Subi just showed it to me today, what can I do).

PETA Launches Victimless Nuggets | PETA.org

Haraway's Manifestos

I'm working on this beautiful text now by Donna Haraway called "the Companion Species Manifesto". Haraway, who in the 80's wrote the groundbreaking "Cyborg Manifesto", became at the turn of the millennium more and more interested in animals, and especially dogs. At some point she writes: "I tell stories about stories, all the way down. Woof."

How wonderful!

Luckily, both these texts are available online for free: The Old School Cyborg Manifesto (with the kick-ass ending "I would rather be a cyborg than a goddess") is here and the newer "Companion Species" one is here.

wonderful

inspirational

Preparing the Catastrophe Clock

Here's a couple of videos I took yesterday when Maya and me installed the Catastrophe Clock at the Lunapark, for the festival that starts today. It works very funny there and I'm curious how the whole thing will be.