Time-lapse of Night Shift at the Museum 2018

From the show “Night Painting” by Miriam Cabessa, curated by Smadar Keren.
Beit Uri and Rami Nehoshtan Museum, Ashdot Yaacov, Jordan Valley, Israel.

1 minute teaser from the full 3.56 hours video.
This piece was acquired by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

‘Night Shift at the Museum’ took place two weeks prior to the opening of Miriam Cabessa’s upcoming solo exhibition ‘Night Painting’.
As part of the artist’s ongoing exploration of the act of painting, Cabessa invited theater director Noam Ben Azar and a group of actresses to join her in making a collective work of action painting.
Over the course of five hours, from midnight until dawn, Cabessa and the actresses executed, in front of a live audience, physical, total action painting.
During the action, traces of paint were imprinted on a canvas – a ritualistic event that evoked mental and emotional questions. The results of the action, a large-scale painting and a video was on view at the Museum starting May 19th, 2018.

Guests: Noam Ben Azar, Avigail Arnheim, Yishay Ben-Moshe, Anna Gelfand, Sigalit Fuchs, Miri Lavie
Camera: Asaf Saban, Editor: Neta Braun, Sound: Lev Ratner, Camera Set-up: David Nachmani – Or Ba’emek, Installation: Vladimir Azbel.