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This is part of an installation i ahve been working on for a few years... Called 'The House is Past'. The main concept, in very short terms, is the balance that the exile constantly struggles to achieve between his/her socio-cultural roots and the newer context; a constant battle between the melancholic remembrance of “home” and the necessity to assimilate and transform habits and customs, dictated directly by the new environment surrounding the expatriate. It’s truthfully a mission to reach a working compromise, between these two coexisting identities.

and in this installation part of the balance is represented by the use of both Analog and Digital formats.

Inside the second room of this piece (which is what i am focusing on right now), a dim flickering light will be hanging from the ceiling over an old ‘50s style chair. A vinyl record player will play the soundscape I have written and that I have been working on together with artist friend Gadi Sassoon from Milan. The soundpiece major purpose is in fact to guide a ‘blindfolded’ visitor through a space delineated and mapped through the use of haunting sounds, such as white noise and the voice of appliances as well as church bells, typing and water drops. Sounds and smells are probably the strongest memory triggers available and allow the viewers to bring into this spaces their personal baggage and memories.

So I now bought a Light dimming kit and a D/A converter chip... Let's get this party started!!!!