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DESCRIPTION:Join the Marina Abramovic Institute West in welcoming Israeli Performance 
 Artists Lital Dotan and Eyal Perry to San Francisco.... \nOn Thursday July 
 29th from 7-9p the artists will be delivering a special performance and 
 will be exhibiting works for sale to benefit their 'Glasshouse' exhibition 
 in San Francisco.  Of course, their performance will be accompanied by a 
 food and wine reception at the Institute located in the 575 Sutter 
 Contemporary Arts Building in Union Square.  Admission is $20 at the door, 
 walk ins welcome.\n \n“Art should be experienced in a place that allows 
 staying"\n \nFrom now through October 6, 2010 at the Marina Abramovic 
 Institute West, Israeli artist couple Lital Dotan and Eyal Perry will be 
 creating their 'Glasshouse' project for San Francisco.  'Glasshouse' Tel 
 Aviv is at one and the same time a dynamic art experience and the home of 
 the two artists; an interactive and living space of live performances, 
 video and installation works spread throughout the entire home space: in 
 the kitchen, living-room, bathroom and bedroom.  The Glasshouse project is 
 open to the public to raise questions about the experience of art in a 
 domestic space.\n \nDuring their three month residency, Lital and Eyal will 
 be creating a new, San Francisco Glasshouse from scratch on the 7500 square 
 foot ground floor of MAI West.\n \nDue to the size and non-domestic nature 
 of the Institute's facilities, the two will be especially challenged to 
 create "a place that allows staying," and have already begun with their 
 drastic transformation of the exhibition space.  Their closet has been 
 exploded: pieces of clothing are suspended individually throughout the 
 space on fishing line. Throughout this field of clothing are the remnants 
 of Lital’s daily morning performance, in which the artist begins with a 
 large piece of cloth and masterfully cuts, drapes and ties to create the 
 socially necessary covering for the rest of her public day.\n \nTheir 
 living, art production and performances will be open to the public during 
 gallery hours and can be viewed from the street 24 hours a day through the 
 Institute's glass windows.  In addition to performances during gallery 
 hours Wednesday through Saturday 12-6pm, special performance dates are July 
 29, August 5, 14, 19, 26, September 2, 23, 24, 25, and October 2. \n 
 \nLital Dotan and Eyal Perry have been collaborating since 2001. They work 
 in various mediums such as video, performance, photography and 
 installation.  As Israeli artists who let their reality of life influence 
 their work constantly, they deal with issues of emotional and social 
 structures, intimacy and boundaries.  Alongside the philosophical and 
 sociological aspects of their works, they always try to master the 
 technology they use, whether it is cutting edge or obsolete, as they 
 explore new approaches to video installations, photography and performance. 
  Lital and Eyal's works have been exhibited in museums and galleries 
 world-wide including the Israel Museum, the San Francisco Contemporary 
 Jewish Museum, the National Museum in Krakow and their work is in multiple 
 public and private collections in both Israel and Europe.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/07/22/18654530.php
SUMMARY:Glasshouse: Lital Dotan and Eyal Perry
LOCATION:Marina Abramovic Institute WEST (MAI West) was established to help preserve 
 performance art and to increase its audience. The Institute's goal, 
 according to its eponymous founder, is to inspire research, as well as 
 foster creativity and collaboration among an international network of young 
 artists, whose mediums range from performance, dance, and theater, to film, 
 video, opera, and music. The San Francisco Institute is located at 575 
 Sutter St (Union Square), with two floors at 7,500 sq. ft of exhibition 
 space and four lofts for workshops, and a film and lecture series. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/07/22/18654530.php
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