https://orrmenirom.com orr menirom Fri, 04 Jun 2021 05:20:52 +0000 https://orrmenirom.com en https://orrmenirom.com/Home Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:53:53 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/Home https://orrmenirom.com/Information Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:53:54 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/Information Bureaucracy and Labyrinth, Perfect Crimes of the Self and City Franz Kafka (Prague, Czech Republic, 1883-1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature.It is claimed that the doorkeeper does not know the inside of the Law, only the path outside the entrance which he has to keep walking up and down. The ideas he has of the inside are considered childish, and it is assumed that he himself fears the things he wants to make the man afraid of. Jorge Luis Borges (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1899-1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish-language and universal literature. I imagined a labyrinth of labyrinths, a maze of mazes, a twisting, turning, ever-widening labyrinth that contained both past and future and somehow implied the stars. Absorbed in those illusory imaginings, I forgot that I was a pursued man; I felt myself, for an indefinite while, the abstract perceiver of the world. The vague, living countryside, the moon, the remains of the day did their work in me; so did the gently downward road, which forestalled all possibility of weariness. The evening was near, yet infinite. https://orrmenirom.com/Updates Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:58:50 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/Updates May 25, 2019- Saturday, June 15, 2019, Multiversant, NYFA Immigrant Artists Mentorship Program group exhibition. Chashama, 340 East 64th Street, New York, New York 10065. Opening Reception: Saturday, May 25, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Friday, May 03, 2019- Media, Memory, and Perception: Conversation with Artist Orr Menirom at Artis. 8:30-9:30 am, East Village, NYC Thursday, March 7th, 2019- Homewrecker will be screened at a 5 person screening at the Roaming Room. Screening starts at 6:30pm. Gracepoint Cinema, 161-169 Essex Road, London. Monday, January 28, 2019- the two-channel installation Clinton and Sanders Looking at the World and Naming Things for the First Time at the Skowhegan Two Channel Video Festival. Skowhegan NY, 136 W. 22nd Street, New York, NY Friday, November 23rd, 2018- Homewrecker at Breeeeze, Houldsworth Gallery, 6 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BT Friday, October 05, 2018- This Structure Exists in Real Life, a solo screening program. Microlights Cinema, 832 E Chambers St, Milwaukee, WI 5321 Saturday, August 10th, 2018- Published on Medium: Field Notes from 10 TRIED, 100 POEMS, a workshop series that incorporates poetry as a means of resistance to contemporary forms of distraction, deception, and distortion. Co-led with Alexandra Juhasz. . Friday, May 18th, 2018, 11am— workshop + screening at Digital engAGEment Conference, NYC, co-taught with Alex Juhasz Friday, March 9th, 2018— Homewrecker at the Onion City Experimental Film &amp; Video Festival . 2319 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, IL 60618, 8:30 pm Saturday, February 18th, 2018– I will discuss the influence of new media aesthetics on politics and perception at the Ammerman Center for Arts &amp; Technology 16th Biennial Symposium. Connecticut College, New London, 14:40 pm Monday, November 20, 2017— A screening program of my work at the Nightingale Cinema in Chicago, IL. Including videos made between 2008-2018 and a Q&amp;A Saturday, October 21st, 2017— The 2nd Open Field Conference in Riga, Latvia. I will present the video Clinton and Sanders Looking at the World and Naming Things for the First Time and discuss the influence of new media aesthetics on politics and perception. The Latvian National Museum of Art, 15:30 pm Friday, June 23rd,2017 5-8pm— Opening reception for the exhibition Clinton and Sanders Looking at the World And Naming Things For the First Time at Aspect/Ratio Gallery, 119 N Peoria St, Chicago, IL 60607 May 13 – July 1 — This video + a short text which I wrote will be included in the group show The Dangerous Professors, curated by Ruslana Lichtzier at Triumph Gallery, 2055 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL, 60608 March 09— March 11/2017 I will have a Video+installation at Open Studios, Jan Van Eyck Academy, Academieplein 1, 6211 KM Maastricht Netherlands https://orrmenirom.com/Contact Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:58:51 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/Contact orrmenirom(at)gmail.com At Aspect/Ratio Gallery https://orrmenirom.com/The-Folder Fri, 04 Jun 2021 05:20:52 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/The-Folder The Folder (working title)2022| 19’30” | HD| 4.1 sound&nbsp;In this autofictional sci-fi essay, three characters— a writer, her daughter and an android woman— incarnate in each other’s body, voice and memories. Editing: Orr Menirom Music: Aaron Smith Performance: Gwyneth Anderson Cinematography: Yoni Goldstein, Aitor Mendilibar <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f938c140d2e83e276c03bbde41a9a2c3e5880d58487c2f3a634965a151c67d1/folder-back-.jpg" data-mid="110331716" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f938c140d2e83e276c03bbde41a9a2c3e5880d58487c2f3a634965a151c67d1/folder-back-.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc51dd08c4d949c3662da866eb591919664da731cae38811e477f8edf1a4cc5f/folder-7.jpg" data-mid="132873027" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc51dd08c4d949c3662da866eb591919664da731cae38811e477f8edf1a4cc5f/folder-7.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26b3580bd7b2d1e9601fb92dd677dffb1511b85a0edc84b52c7e46d678da02b8/Menirom--Orr_8.jpg" data-mid="132873029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26b3580bd7b2d1e9601fb92dd677dffb1511b85a0edc84b52c7e46d678da02b8/Menirom--Orr_8.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d91d9b9e2fee5a9cff594a402ddd6110a21c6f6385bf51ff5e24a580b5d6488/Menirom--Orr_9.jpg" data-mid="132873030" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d91d9b9e2fee5a9cff594a402ddd6110a21c6f6385bf51ff5e24a580b5d6488/Menirom--Orr_9.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/001fc81bec40340ce93f6b9ad3290c4fea098bc4c235d231c61246a19e48eba6/folder-still-4.jpg" data-mid="132874305" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/001fc81bec40340ce93f6b9ad3290c4fea098bc4c235d231c61246a19e48eba6/folder-still-4.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e22f4bb3954dbe74a61fd40516f8a6cde2ab553b7c2cc6dbcd1ab2602aa9511c/Menirom--Orr_10.jpg" data-mid="132873031" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e22f4bb3954dbe74a61fd40516f8a6cde2ab553b7c2cc6dbcd1ab2602aa9511c/Menirom--Orr_10.jpg" /> . https://orrmenirom.com/Clinton-and-Sanders-Looking-at-the-World-and-Naming-Things-for-the Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:24:18 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/Clinton-and-Sanders-Looking-at-the-World-and-Naming-Things-for-the Clinton and Sanders Looking at the World and Naming Things for the First Time 2017 | 12' | Two channels, HD | color | 4.1 sound Installation view video excerpt Speeches from the 2016 election campaign are paired with everyday snapshots from the same year. Projected onto a double screen, they go in and out of sync, generating a video poem out of personal and collective moments.&nbsp; <img width="1918" height="540" width_o="1918" height_o="540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/127f684db263ebeb555e0e497582b29c8041e5db70ee44c3f5292e4514383c6d/goat-website-2.jpg" data-mid="110793700" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/127f684db263ebeb555e0e497582b29c8041e5db70ee44c3f5292e4514383c6d/goat-website-2.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15b66dbe7ef6973e80dc5e8c40688f02f71b3de7ef5aae757436436364e22aec/wassaic-sized-website.jpg" data-mid="110793702" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15b66dbe7ef6973e80dc5e8c40688f02f71b3de7ef5aae757436436364e22aec/wassaic-sized-website.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4efd0e916f22ff6b8727e8963e790210b69f50e5fe921582654708cd134fbcc/cars-sized-website.jpg" data-mid="110793704" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4efd0e916f22ff6b8727e8963e790210b69f50e5fe921582654708cd134fbcc/cars-sized-website.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1abe3bcd54660699840a26c0fcbdc4e4ee0b7e8b9a0e4f2a68278e5190dc598e/city-website-.jpg" data-mid="110793693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1abe3bcd54660699840a26c0fcbdc4e4ee0b7e8b9a0e4f2a68278e5190dc598e/city-website-.jpg" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c434e0f96e7fd12c45327d4aec5ebd935bd3f881046f5ac7d33e58d9df163652/snow-sized-website.jpg" data-mid="110793703" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c434e0f96e7fd12c45327d4aec5ebd935bd3f881046f5ac7d33e58d9df163652/snow-sized-website.jpg" /> https://orrmenirom.com/The-Foley-Artist Fri, 04 Jun 2021 04:54:07 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/The-Foley-Artist The Foley Artist 2020 | 13’ (loop)| Interactive Installation (HD video, audio mixer), two audio channels Foleys are the recreation of everyday sound in cinema— the sound of a door closing, clothes swishing, footsteps, water running. In this installation, a silent short film is accompanied by two audio tracks. One was composed by a foley artist, and the other by an algorithm which identifies images and retrieves&nbsp; corresponding sounds from the internet, acting as an AI “foley artist”.&nbsp; Using a mixer, viewers produce a live composition from both channels, blending the two perspectives— human and AI— into one. Foley artist: Aaron Smith Programming &amp; sound design: Billy Bennet, Aaron Moreno Ayala Cinematography: Yoni Goldstein Performance: Gwyneth Anderson <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61ab3938b7dcac6664b1d10ef97f651f8fe927e8a52e4a70a462ac0afcc6420c/projection-website.jpg" data-mid="110805800" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61ab3938b7dcac6664b1d10ef97f651f8fe927e8a52e4a70a462ac0afcc6420c/projection-website.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a260dc0c99eba394a226edc3cd45babcd4eee6f3e098bf141d82a10050f1620/pad-website.jpg" data-mid="110805799" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1a260dc0c99eba394a226edc3cd45babcd4eee6f3e098bf141d82a10050f1620/pad-website.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f40f68e6238b0a02f372ab0914b0bcd06a0893ae0015f11168ea240d88d957e5/room-website.jpg" data-mid="110805794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f40f68e6238b0a02f372ab0914b0bcd06a0893ae0015f11168ea240d88d957e5/room-website.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5275b7321ad84b33d38e39b8bfe5f58b55fe25c0aad9a435b8898d4d5e239d9f/hand-website.jpg" data-mid="110805798" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5275b7321ad84b33d38e39b8bfe5f58b55fe25c0aad9a435b8898d4d5e239d9f/hand-website.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c960918f23150241a5fbdf731d800e19758d2c585f65662d662ca100d2f5c802/egg-website.jpg" data-mid="110805795" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c960918f23150241a5fbdf731d800e19758d2c585f65662d662ca100d2f5c802/egg-website.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/259df4cce5addd81cb7df9f40a2a3bebe9292e37871228f81340cb1826c9e7cb/eye-website-copy.jpg" data-mid="110805792" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/259df4cce5addd81cb7df9f40a2a3bebe9292e37871228f81340cb1826c9e7cb/eye-website-copy.jpg" /> https://orrmenirom.com/Limited-Speeh-Holds-Endless-Misunderstanding Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:42:05 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/Limited-Speeh-Holds-Endless-Misunderstanding Limited Speech Holds Endless Misunderstandings2013 | 10’ | HD | color | 4.1 sound Video excerpt When Noam Chomsky was invited to give a talk in Birzeit University in 2010, he was denied entry at Israel’s airport. Shortly after, Dana Weiss from Israel’s Television Channel 2 met with him at a hotel lobby in Amman, Jordan for a 40 minute interview during which deep ideological tensions surfaced. In this video, the interview language is recomposed into a monologue, told by a character who is a hybrid of the interviewer and the interviewee. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b3bf6cfd779238b03279e5ecd2864429129d9b478fae94da36610e987c0ac75/Limited_Speech_Holds_Endless_Misunderstandings_video_still_1.jpg" data-mid="110325832" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b3bf6cfd779238b03279e5ecd2864429129d9b478fae94da36610e987c0ac75/Limited_Speech_Holds_Endless_Misunderstandings_video_still_1.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/afd6a0f4b96a990d22f0942822daa8f5629cfd8b9d87341b718ca3344055c26e/Limited_Speech_Holds_Endless_Misunderstandings_video_still_3.jpg" data-mid="110325834" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/afd6a0f4b96a990d22f0942822daa8f5629cfd8b9d87341b718ca3344055c26e/Limited_Speech_Holds_Endless_Misunderstandings_video_still_3.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a027d85e1c43ed89c4b7730a280ae9e3310787f77b65eb5e9411e318b8c0404/Limited_Speech_Holds_Endless_Misunderstandings_video_still_2.jpg" data-mid="110325833" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a027d85e1c43ed89c4b7730a280ae9e3310787f77b65eb5e9411e318b8c0404/Limited_Speech_Holds_Endless_Misunderstandings_video_still_2.jpg" /> https://orrmenirom.com/Homewrecker Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:14:06 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/Homewrecker Homwrecker 2015/2018 | 14' 28” | HD | color | 4.1 soundText by Eizabeth Fullerton Paraphrasing Carol Hanisch’s "The Personal is Political", a short film weaves together protest and wedding footage found on social media, joining the experiences of different women into a single narrative. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6347d177265a2fd83b32b0658330a6ab091551075a989ff7cef1c18edf783854/Homewrecker_Still21.jpg" data-mid="110325835" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6347d177265a2fd83b32b0658330a6ab091551075a989ff7cef1c18edf783854/Homewrecker_Still21.jpg" /> <img width="3342" height="1884" width_o="3342" height_o="1884" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63a8766a3968b8514006817fbf314aafdadd1b3ffbcab3c9b46d7458bb1033af/homewrecker-website-2021.jpg" data-mid="110325837" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63a8766a3968b8514006817fbf314aafdadd1b3ffbcab3c9b46d7458bb1033af/homewrecker-website-2021.jpg" /> https://orrmenirom.com/Exchange Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:10:58 +0000 orr menirom https://orrmenirom.com/Exchange Exchange 2014 | 12’ | HD | color | 4.1 sound As a tour bus is heading toward the Chicago stock exchange arch, a mysterious geological process called “Exchange” dissolves the landmark, changing its shape and function. <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b546394c7d3597c8f68030b0b560bc4bdde16f5d8812bed9f84d2a1ad025e47/Exchange_video_still_4.jpg" data-mid="110328958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b546394c7d3597c8f68030b0b560bc4bdde16f5d8812bed9f84d2a1ad025e47/Exchange_video_still_4.jpg" />