Hannah Dahan
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Day: 3 26.1.24 Subject: Layers Text: Reflecting on the dismantling of old work and its connection to new work in a different way. Description: Rolls of paper connected to a surface. Dimensions: 28 cm x 57 cm Medium: Paper, PVA adhesive.
ChatGPT Day: 2 (Photo 1, A1) Date: 24.1.24 Subject: Layers Text: How does it feel for me to add a new layer to an old work? This intervention has stirred various emotions in me; I had to confront liberation in the process. Description: "The Mountain" made of connected rolls of paper with sewing threads and adhesive. Work done in the past, with the new additions of a layer of newspaper and brown paper attached to the inner side of the "mountain." Dimensions: Diameter 80 cm, Height 55 cm Medium: Paper, sewing threads, plastic adhesive.
Day: 4 - 27.1.24 Subject: Layers Text: Creation of a diligent and obsessive process of small paper rolls scattered into a dispersed surface. Description: Scattered paper rolls without a fixed connection. Medium: Paper.
Day: 5 Date: 30.1.24 Subject: Layers Text: Stitching the rolls on the sewing machine causes their deformation, their shaving. An action that essentially affects the roll, discarding its form, and the hard work invested in its creation. Description: Paper rolls sewn on a sewing machine. Medium: Paper, sewing threads.
Day 6 3.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: I am drawn back to rolling paper scrolls, and I feel that once again, laborious, meditative, and obsessive work captivates me. This time, I am creating layers of scrolls, and each layer tells a different story. In each layer, I am in a different state of being. Each layer narrates a different aspect of myself. Description: Rolled paper scrolls connected by hand stitching. Medium: Paper, sewing threads.
Day 7 5.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: This time the rolls served as a "bed" for layers of paper that were stuck on top of them. They served as a base for the layers of paper that settled comfortably in surrender. Am I the bed or the surrendering layer? Or the longing for one of them? Description: Scattered rolls of paper with 3 layers of adhesive paper on top. Medium: Paper, glue. Photo 7: The work as it appears. Photo 7.1: The work on the back side.
Day 7 5.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: This time the rolls served as a "bed" for layers of paper that were stuck on top of them. They served as a base for the layers of paper that settled comfortably in surrender. Am I the bed or the surrendering layer? Or the longing for one of them? Description: Scattered rolls of paper with 3 layers of adhesive paper on top. Medium: Paper, glue. Photo 7: The work as it appears. Photo 7.1: The work on the back side.
Day: 8 Date: 9.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: I felt a void of meaningful action, and yesterday I felt the need to create a surface of layers of paper, which was essentially the starting point I intended to begin with before the rolls threw me in another direction. I feel that working on the surface of the layers has created, for me, a kind of reboot. Description: 10 layers of adhesive paper. Medium: Paper.
Day: 9 Date: 10.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: After the emptiness, the reboot brought me back to layers of paper, individual single layers. The material is the same, but the manipulation is different. Something I felt the need to try and explore. Description: 5 different layers, pigment paper and/or hot glue, not connected to each other. Medium: Thick transparent paper, hot glue.
Day: 9 Date: 10.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: After the emptiness, the reboot brought me back to layers of paper, individual single layers. The material is the same, but the manipulation is different. Something I felt the need to try and explore. Description: 5 different layers, pigment paper and/or hot glue, not connected to each other. Medium: Thick transparent paper, hot glue.
Day: 9 Date: 10.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: After the emptiness, the reboot brought me back to layers of paper, individual single layers. The material is the same, but the manipulation is different. Something I felt the need to try and explore. Description: 5 different layers, pigment paper and/or hot glue, not connected to each other. Medium: Thick transparent paper, hot glue.
Day: 9 Date: 10.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: After the emptiness, the reboot brought me back to layers of paper, individual single layers. The material is the same, but the manipulation is different. Something I felt the need to try and explore. Description: 5 different layers, pigment paper and/or hot glue, not connected to each other. Medium: Thick pigment paper, hot glue.
Day: 9 Date: 10.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: After the emptiness, the reboot brought me back to layers of paper, individual single layers. The material is the same, but the manipulation is different. Something I felt the need to try and explore. Description: 5 different layers, pigment paper and/or hot glue, not connected to each other. Medium: Thick pigment paper, hot glue.
Day: 9 Date: 10.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: After the emptiness, the reboot brought me back to layers of paper, individual single layers. The material is the same, but the manipulation is different. Something I felt the need to try and explore. Description: 5 different layers, pigment paper and/or hot glue, not connected to each other. Medium: Thick transparent paper, hot glue.
Day: 9 Date: 10.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: After the emptiness, the reboot brought me back to layers of paper, individual single layers. The material is the same, but the manipulation is different. Something I felt the need to try and explore. Description: 5 different layers, pigment paper and/or hot glue, not connected to each other. Medium: Thick transparent paper, hot glue.
Day 10 Date: 16.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: Without words. Description: Two different layers, both made of brown craft paper. Each layer underwent different manipulation. Medium: Backing paper, sewing pins.
Day 10 Date: 16.2.24 Subject: Layers Text: Without words. Description: Two different layers, both made of brown craft paper. Each layer underwent different manipulation. Medium: Backing paper, sewing pins.