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SECOND PLACE AWARD
Orgasmic Scratching - Merav Tal Or, Israel
1:46 Video - Click to view on YouTube
JUROR'S NOTE
This work has guts. I find it almost painful to watch, she pushes the boundaries of what is pleasant to see. At the same time, this affects me enormously. I wonder why. I think the combination between image and sound is very intense, while the image is pleasant to look at. The sound is private and she makes it public. Nice that her work rubs a bit. - I like a good work in which the female maker uses her own body and thereby pushes her own boundaries. I was charmed by the artwork she creates. Especially the works in which she leaves room for the imagination; like 'Landscape'. Or the work where you have to look twice before you understand what you see, such as 'Hairgate'. The video 'Orgasmic Scratching' in which she works with her own sound and own body together forms a beautiful work. It is almost painful to watch. As a viewer you feel like a voyeur. She makes powerful art. I wonder what she will make if she keeps it that way and leaves some to the imagination of the viewer.
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