Tal Talmor
Engaging in a thought-provoking discussion, Tali Telmor passionately expresses her desire to delve into the intricacies of observation and artistic expression triggered by a subjective event within her own body. In her exploration, she intends to treat the body as a unique unit of conveyance, simultaneously examining it as both a tangible material and a profound entity. The experiment is envisioned to take place within individual cardboard boxes, serving as the designated canvas for her creative exploration. This immersive journey promises to unravel the nuanced interplay between subjective experiences and the tangible elements that shape our understanding of the self.
Day 1 23.1.2024 Subject: Tubes Text: Search for tubes in progress Act/Description: Lifting very thin paper pieces to tubes 5x2 cm Adhesion at the end. Format: Closed cardboard box 14.5x9x6 Medium: Paper
Day 2 - Date: 24.1.2024 Subject: Pipes Continuing the search for pipes. Act/Description: Crocheting. Format: Closed cardboard box. Dimensions: 14.5x9x6 Medium: Crocheted material.
Day 3 - January 25th, 2025 Subject: Pipes Continuing the search for alternative pipes, attempting to embed a therapeutic essence... Act/Description: Processing empty medicine packages into pipes, connecting with freely woven hand tissue. Format: Cardboard box Dimensions: 14.5x9x6 Medium: Uncertain about the packaging material—either aluminum foil or silver paper, some may contain plastic. Additionally, red embroidery thread.
ChatGPT Day 4 - January 26th, 2024 Subject: Pipes Continuing the exploration of pipes. Act/Description: Bending thin and flexible iron wire. Format: Cardboard box, 14.5x9x6 cm. Medium: Thin and flexible iron wire.
Day 5 - 27.1.2024 Subject: Pipes The journey in search of pipes continues. Act/Description: Creating pipes using duct tape and weaving with red embroidery thread. Format: Cardboard box, 14.5x9x6. Medium: Duct tape and red embroidery thread.
Day 6 28.1.24 Subject: Pipes Text: Continuing the search for pipes Act/Description: Creating pipes using plastic rings connected by weaving with red embroidery thread. Format: Cardboard box, 14.5x9x6 Medium: Plastic rings and red embroidery thread.
Day: 7 29.1.2024 Subject: #2 Walking Pipes Continuing the search for pipes. Act/Description: Folding pipes from thin paper (5x2 cm), connecting thin pipes into larger conduits, adhering at the ends. Format: Cardboard box, 14.5x9x6 Medium: Paper.
Day 8, 30.1.24 Subject: Pipes Text: Continuing the search for pipes. Act/description: Working with papier-mâché to create the pipes and weaving with red cotton thread for connection. Format: Cardboard box, 14.5x9x6. Medium: Paper, glue, and red thread.
יום 9 31.1.2024 צינורות :Subject ממשיכה בחיפוש אחר צינורות :Text Act/Description: אריגת יריעה מרצועות נייר דק גרוס וחיבור בעזרת חוט רקמה אדום. Format: :14.5x9x6קופסת קרטון Medium: נייר וחוט רקמה
Day 10 3.2.2024 Subject: Pipes Text: Continuing the search for pipes Act/Description: Crocheting coarse paper strips from thin paper Folding two strips to a thread to reinforce the material and prevent tearing. Format: 14.5x9x6 cardboard box Medium: Paper
Subject: Pipes Text: Continuing the search for pipes Act/Description: Crocheting with interweaving kozo fibers Format: Cardboard box, 14.5x9x6 Medium: Kozo (Japanese paper mulberry)
Day 12 7.2.24 Subject: Tubes Text: Continuing the search for tubes, I stepped out of the box. I continue the journey on a larger scale. Act/Description: Pouring paper onto a construction of tubes made from paper.
Day 13 8.2.24 Subject: Tubes Text: Continuing the search for tubes, exploring how much I can delve into and experiment. Act/Description: Trying to manipulate the paper to create the tube: this time using baking paper. I crumple it into a ball, continue with squeezes and crinkles, then unfold the paper, and again crumple it into a ball... and then something magical happens, and the paper "sounds" to me... sculpting with paper, creating a tube without the need for stitching or glue. Format: Tubes arranged next to each other and above the length of the tubes, between 2-9 cm, diameter 4 cm. Medium: Baking paper.
Day 14: Text: Trying to achieve complexity and initiate the flow of a pipe system. Today, I returned to the box, forming a sort of junction where pipes enter, exit, and sometimes stay without order or a proper system. I haven't yet reached the combination of rotations and twists of the pipes. Maybe add complexity to the system… Act/Description: I took a cardboard box and pierced it with a cutting knife. I created the pipes using manipulations of baking paper (similar to the previous day), but this time, they have a diameter of 2.5 cm. Format: Cardboard box 14.596, paper pipes with a diameter of 2.5 cm Medium: Paper, baking paper
Day 15 11.2.2024 Subject: Pipes Text: Continuing my attempts to create a system of braided pipes. Act/Description: I chose to use a mesh net, creating braided pipes, and then soaked the netted pipes in water with paper fibers. Format: Pipes Medium: Mesh net, paper.
Day 16 18.2.2024 For several days now, I've been thinking about enlarging the scale of the pipes even more. I'm exploring materials for the pipes, and I decided to continue with paper. I chose Bristol paper - a thicker and simpler paper that tends to tear during the work. Still, I managed to achieve a larger scale. Length: 30-50 cm Diameter: 10 cm Medium: Paper