TAMAR

HALPERN

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Slow it down more
A blue-green streaks
Clouds materialize
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The universe drifts
I have cut out of my brain an image
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I am in it.
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Outer nothingness
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TAMAR

HALPERN

I’m trying to know something. With what? “With” is not valid. I couldn’t resist the senses shimmering against the backdrop, and I put them on. I arise and paste on my eyes. The art of seeing one carries about a transformation or formational tool. The greens, the blues, the golds. A space of entanglements. Medium: mortality, UV ink, magic, time, lens, five plates of 20 x 15 x 0.5 inch plexiglass, filter, leap of faith, 15”w x 21 ¾”h x 8.5”d maplewood, atmosphere. Dimensions: 20’x15’ distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, NY. Distance of 5 miles, elevation gain of 107 feet, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to Long Island City, Queens. Date: July - December 2022, Year of the black rabbit, year of luck and replications, Saturn transiting out of Aquarius and into Pisces, Pluto transiting from Capricorn to Aquarius. End of the year of the water tiger and the alchemical connection between water and fire.

Clouds materialize and shift; you can see the earth’s face through only random patches of clarity. The land shudders and splits. The beginning is swaddled in mists. Medium: Pigment dispersion, rays of light, lens, Chiffon silk, 20 x 16 inch wood panel, magic, wonder, linen, time, acrylic urethane, UltraChrome ink in a whitewashed maplewood and plexiglass frame. Dimensions: 209 x 15 feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, NY. 2599 Miles, elevation gain 7349 feet, Brooklyn, NY to Mexico City. 553.02 miles CDMX to San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. 14 miles Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to Manhattan NY. Date: 2024=8. Infinity. North Node is in Aries. Year of the wooden dragon. Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter exiled to Gemini.

I have cut out of my brain an image of a lion that's petaled like a sun.

The desire to find silence within noise. A transitory impermanent activity. This work has become the viewer’s to write into. Medium: Pigment dispersion, rays of light, lens, Chiffon silk, 20 x 16 inch plexiglass panel, magic, wonder, Fabrisign #2 coating, time, acrylic urethane. Dimensions: 209 x 15 feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, NY. 2599 Miles, elevation gain 7349 feet, Brooklyn, NY to Mexico City. 14 miles Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to Manhattan NY. CDMX to San Cristobal de las Casas, 890km. Date: 2024=8. Infinity. North Node is in Aries. Year of the wooden dragon. Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter exiled to Gemini.

A blue-green streaks, a yellow-green spreads from the south like a wave. A red dye seems to leak from the north. A white follows the red, then yellow-green washes north, the red spreads again, then white, over and over. Medium: Pigment dispersion, rays of light, lens, Fabrisign #2 coating, Chiffon silk, 20 x 16 inch plexiglass panel, magic, wonder, time, acrylic urethane. Dimensions: 209 x 15 feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, NY. 2599 Miles, elevation gain 7349 feet, Brooklyn, NY to Mexico City. 14 miles Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to Manhattan NY. CDMX to San Cristobal de las Casas, 890km. Date: 2024=8. Infinity. North Node is in Aries. Year of the wooden dragon. Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter exiled to Gemini.

Slow it down more, come closer still. A dot appears, a flake. It swells like a balloon; it moves, circles, slows and vanishes. A faint tracing on the surface of mystery. Medium: Pigment dispersion, rays of light, lens, Chiffon silk, 20 x 16 inch wood panel, magic, Fabrisign #2 coating, wonder, linen, time, acrylic urethane. Dimensions: 209 x 15 feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, NY. 2599 Miles, elevation gain 7349 feet, Brooklyn, NY to Mexico City. 14 miles Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to Manhattan NY. CDMX to San Cristobal de las Casas, 890km. Date: 2024=8. Infinity. North Node is in Aries. Year of the wooden dragon. Saturn in Pisces and Jupiter exiled to Gemini.

The world isn't a text to be deciphered, it is a new creation though ancient. Every moment must begin a new; a cloud enters me to begin in. Medium: Mortality, UltraChrome ink, magic, Chinese crinkle silk, time, lens, acrylic urethane, filter, Fabrisign #2 coating, leap of faith, linen, atmosphere, light, pigment dispersion, 104 x 78 inch wood stretcher, Fabrisign coating, couture. Dimensions: 20 x 15 feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, NY. 2221 Miles, distance between Brooklyn, NY to Guadalajara, Mexico. Elevation gain of 5138 feet, 2866 miles, distance between Brooklyn, NY to California. Date: July - December 2022. Looking towards 2023, year of the black rabbit, year of luck and replications, Saturn transiting out of Aquarius and into Pisces, Pluto transiting from Capricorn to Aquarius. End of the year of the water tiger and the alchemical connection between water and fire.

I turned back to the sun. It was going. The sun was going, and the world was wrong. The grasses were wrong. Their every detail artificially distinct. This color has never been seen on earth. I missed the people I knew, and the real light of day. Medium: Chinese chiffon silk, light, time passing, acrylic urethane, pigment, linen, 104 x 78 inch plexiglass panel, feet dancing, camera, Fabrisign #2 coating, hands, UltraChrome ink. Dimensions: 209 x 15 feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, NY. 2599 Miles, elevation gain 7349 feet, Brooklyn, NY to Mexico City. 14 miles Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to Manhattan NY. CDMX to San Cristobal de las Casas, 890km. Date: 2024=8. Jupiter touches my Saturn, my paths are converging. A time of opportunity, growth and good fortune. I am.

Waiting for death, waiting for (re)birth, waiting for love, waiting for salvation, waiting to find something: the self, the past, the future, each other. Expressions shift constantly, sometimes within a day, depending on the context within every moment. Medium: Chinese chiffon silk, light, time passing, Fabrisign #2 coating, acrylic urethane, pigment, linen, 104 x 78 inch wood panel, feet dancing, camera, hands, UltraChrome ink. Dimensions: 209 x 15 feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, NY. 2599 Miles, elevation gain 7349 feet, Brooklyn, NY to Mexico City. 14 miles Bed-Stuy Brooklyn to Manhattan NY. Twelve hour flight Brooklyn, NY to 32.07403° N, 34.77537° E (Israel). Date: 2023=7. Lucky number 7. High Priestess, the fool and the empress. The spiritual mother, new beginnings, androgynous, creativity, structure, mother nature. Growth in my 4th house, house of home and family. I am.

Time's optic quality as attention, devotion, excess. Medium: The horizon of the practice, sun, light, UV ink, curiosity, time, camera, transformation, one plate of 20 X 13.5 X 1/2 inch plexiglass, metal, hardware, whitewash maplewood, one plate of 20 X 13.5 inch aluminum. Dimensions: Distance 225 Miles, elevation gain sixteen hundred feet Brooklyn, New York to Andes, New York. Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn to Long Island City Distance five miles elevation gain 107 feet. Twenty feet by fifteen feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, New York. Date 2022 Post Pandemic? Number 6. Integration of two opposing forces. Color of the year yellow or gold. Year of the water tiger. Tarot: queen of wands. Alchemical connection between water and fire. Difficult year. Extreme heat.

Signaling the experience of presence. A form of chanting. Medium: UltraChrome ink, magic, Chinese crinkle silk, time, lens, acrylic urethane, filter, leap of faith, linen. atmosphere, light, pigment dispersion, Fabrisign #2 coating, doubt, forty two by thirty two inch wooden stretcher. Dimensions: Twenty feet by fifteen feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, New York. Distance 5.3 miles Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to the upper east side Manhattan. Date: 2022. Number 6. Integration of two opposing forces. Color of the year yellow or gold. Year of the water tiger. Tarot: Queen of wands. Alchemical connection between water and fire. Difficult year. War. Extreme heat.

A negotiation, a suffering, a dance. The question is not whether we are enmeshed, but how we negotiate, suffer and dance within our entanglement. Medium: Sun, light, ephemra, conversations, uv ink, curiosity, leap of faith, time, one plate of 20.5 X 16 X 1/2 inch plexiglass, play, 16 X 4 X 1 inch whitewash maplewood, metal hardware. Dimensions: Distance 225 miles, elevation gain 1600 feet Brooklyn, New York to Andes, New York. Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to Long Island City distance five miles elevation gain one hundred seven feet. Twenty feet by fifteen feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, New York. Date: First year of lockdown 2020 through summer of 2021 city reopens. The world is on fire. Code red. Printer broke down, new ones are on backorder.

Once I tasted time I never wanted anything else, and that is what I'm doing here. This is the only way I can prove it. Rolling in the shit of time like a dog rolling in dead fish at the beach. Medium: UltraChrome ink, magic, Chinese crinkle silk, time, lens, acrylic urethane, filter, Fabrisign #2 coating, leap of faith, linen, atmosphere, light, pigment dispersion, doubt, forty two by thirty two inch wood stretcher. Dimensions: Twenty feet by fifteen feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, New York. Distance 5.3 miles Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to the upper east side Manhattan. Date: 2022. Number 6. Integration of two opposing forces. Color of the year yellow or gold. Year of the water tiger. Tarot: Queen of wands. Alchemical connection between water and fire. Difficult year. Extreme heat.

A collaboration between myself and the materials I play with. Materials are not just objects, they work with us, we with them. They give us energy and possibility. Medium: Etal Adnan, sun, light, uv ink, curiosity, time camera, transformation, on plate of 20.5 X 16 X 1/2 inch plexiglass, metal hardware, 16 X 4 X 1 inch whitewash maplewood. Dimensions: 225 miles, elevation gain sixteen hundred feet Brooklyn, New York to Andes, New York. Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to Long Island City distance five miles elevation gain one hundred seven feet. Twenty feet by fifteen feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, New York. Date: First year or lockdown 2020 through summer of 2021, city reopens. The world is on fire. Code red. Printer broke down, news ones are on backorder.

It's of nothing, but then a lot. Medium: Eileen Myles, sun, light, UV ink, curiosity, time, camera, transformation, one plate of 20.5 x 16 x 1/2 inch plexiglass, metal hardware, 16 x 4 x 1 inch whitewash maplewood. Dimensions: Distance 225 miles, elevation gain sixteen hundred feet Brooklyn New York to Andes New York. Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn to Long Island City distance 5 miles elevation gain 107 feet. Twenty feet by fifteen feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, New York. Date: First year of lockdown 2020 through summer 2021 city reopens. The world is on fire. Code red. Printer broke down, new ones are on backorder.

An abstract piece of light, moving across the room. A form of loving the world I suppose just the way it is. Engaging with life. Medium: Eileen Myles, sun, light, uv ink, curiosity, time, camera, transformation, on plate of 20 X 13.5 X 1/2 inch plexiglass, metal hardware, whitewash maplewood, one plate of 20 X 13.5 inch aluminium. Dimensions: Distance 225 Miles, elevation gain sixteen hundred feet Brooklyn, New York to Andes, New York. Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn to Long Island City Distance five miles elevation gain 107 feet. Twenty feet by fifteen feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, New York. Date 2022 Post Pandemic? Number 6. Integration of two opposing forces. Color of the year yellow or gold. Year of the water tiger. Tarot: queen of wands. Alchemical connection between water and fire. Difficult year.

I am in it, I am relentlessly talking about time. I can feel it drumming, rarely am I peaceful, but I'm excavating in this little hole right here which is really tearing a hole in the other thing engaging it somehow in a way I like and that lets me fall out. Medium: UltraChrome ink, magic, Chinese crinkle silk, time, lens, acrylic urethane, filters, Fabrisign #2 coating, play, leap of faith, linen, atmosphere, light, pigment dispersion, doubt, forty two by thirty two inch wood stretcher. Dimensions: Twenty by fifteen feet distance between four walls of my studio, Brooklyn, New York. Date: 2022. Post Pandemic? Number 6. Integration of two opposing forces. Color of the year yellow or gold. Year of the water tiger. Tarot: Queen of wands. Alchemical connection between water and fire.