BODY = THE NEW RELIGION
Between the years 2015-2019 I presented the artwork "BODY = The New Religion".
This is a methodological research about the Body and its relations to the Self. Without any boundaries between me and my art, my own body was used as a platform for conducting artistic experiments. I totally identified with my Body as a Religion. After a long process of individuation, I have finally integrated into being One with my real Self. Since then, I have applied a new title, “Shlema”, to sign my artwork.
Shlema in Hebrew means “whole”. Within the framework of my art, I have become an independent Body - whole in itself.
The Art of Repression
2015
Tel Aviv, Israel
BODY = The New Religion's Autonomous Zone.
An installation featuring a constant performance by me as the Master of the Body.
A group of 15 individuals wearing a costume made of Tomato-Leather, playing and celebrating "The Revelation of the Body Through the Grid", a piece written and composed by me.
This concert was performed for the first time at the opening of the exhibition BODY = The New Religion.
Seven Minutes in Heaven
2015
Tel Aviv, Israel
BODY = The New Religion's Headquarters. The installation features 60 meters of Tomato-Leather, props from "Holy Body Parts", a 7-minute projection of the drawing series "A Grid Points to a Body" and a 7-minute audio recording of a confession I made just before the exhibition opened.
Taken place on the 13th of May, 2015 at the St. Anthony's Church in Jaffa, Israel.
A Grid Points to a Body
2015
Mixed media on a calendar.
A series of 50 drawings
30/42 cm each
Hall of Body
2015
Calafou, Catalunya, Spain. 2015
A site-specific installation, performance.
An old church, In an abandoned textile factory, was transformed into "The Hall of Body".
As part of the initiation ceremony, a performance took place by the Master of the Body and the community members of the Calafou Collective.
BODY in New York
2015
New York, USA.
A 40-day performance in which 10,000 copies of The Body Manifesto were spread throughout the city of New York.
I was there on a missionary quest - to declare the "BODY" as the New Religion, using an information stand, a costumed coat, and my body.
OUT - OF - BODY
2016
Urban Art Rave, Tel Aviv, Israel
During this interactive performance, the participants were instructed to close their eyes and concentrate on a spot on their body that for them represents their "self". While being isolated with a set of blindfolds and headphones (playing a 528 Hz binary beat), the participants were both having a chance to have an "out of body experience" and become a living sculpture.
BNR's Love Machine
2016
WAS Biennale for private houses, Valley of Springs, Israel
As part of the WAS Biennale for Private Houses, the main bedroom in a house was converted into a "Love Machine".
The Background was filled with the sound-work "All You Breathe is Love".
BODY TV
2017
Andrea Meislin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
A 7 days project in which videos were broadcasted live on YouTube.
BODY TV is the final closure in a series of exhibitions, live performances, site-specific interventions, writings and more manifestations of BODY = The New Religion artwork.
3rd Encounters From a BODY
2017
Art N’ Tribe, Tel Aviv, Israel
An interactive performance by the Master of the Body in which she was presented as a medium of the body. The visitors were given one-on-one sessions in which their body was being channeled. They became "A Body which Speaks Itself", a verbal representation of the inner self in the state of absorbing art.
Body Reading
2018
BODY TALK, Sputnik, Tel Aviv, Israel
An interactive performance by the Master of the Body at the "BODY TALK" group exhibition. Each person was given a personal "Body Reading" foretelling instinctive meanings of their body's state. The reading was written on a disposable glove which was presented throughout the exhibition.