Retzuot
(ShinShinAgam)          
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Retzuot (ShinShinAgam)
Resin, wire, cloth, video, dimensions variable
Retzuot (ShinShinAgam) was created during Off The Wall at the Jewish
Museum and exhibited at Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and
Design for Jewish Life The Jewish Museum, New York, 2009

Retzuot (ShinShinAgam) is inspired by the head and arm straps of Tefillin. The straps reminded us of electronic conductive wires, which we use in our media based, audiovisual work. In a similar way Tefillin straps conduct and preserve information that is in the scrolls and which has passed down through history. In Retzuot (ShinShinAgam), the scrolls are represented by circuit boards, which generate continuous live video. The video image is a minimal representation of the letter Shin, which in traditional Tefillin appears on the headpiece box.