Hadassa Goldvicht
Marginal Utility is proud to present for its inaugural exhibition the work of Jerusalem based video and performance artist Hadassa Goldvicht. Goldvicht's work explores the ways in which our bodies retain the personal and inherited memories of war, viagra 60mg try
fear and immigration and the way these memories become as physical as DNA, and transfer from generation to generation. Goldvicht examines the manner in which our physical and sentient identities are shaped through the various strategies that the subject engineers in order integrate these traumatic experiences.
For the project at Marginal Utility, Goldvicht will create a room size installation that portrays the physical traces of world war two as it exists in many of our bodies today, but moreover this work is a portrayal of fears as they quietly inhabit the human body. In an installation that attempts to capture the pre-sleep subconscious state, the audience is invited to lie down in beds throughout the gallery in order to view video and sound works that refer to these traces.
Marc Andre Robinson
Born in Los Angeles, Robinson earned an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program and was artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, the LMCC and The Rocktower in Kingston, Jamaica. Robinson has exhibited in the US and abroad at venues including the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; the Tina Kim Gallery, NY and the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow. Robinson was awarded an Art Matters grant to travel to South Africa in 2010. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Ronnie Bass
Astronomer (lyrics to the performance)
If You See The Sun.
If you see the Sun. Do not run. No need to run. It’s only the Sun.
If you see the Moon. Do not assume. No need to assume. I’ll be there soon.
I’m Afraid To Go.
It’s time to go now. Today’s our day.
But I’m afraid to go. Yes I’m afraid.
We don’t have time now and we cannot stay.
But I’m afraid to go. Yes I’m afraid.
You’re not afraid no more. I’m not afraid. We’ve seen these times before and you gave me strength.
You’re not afraid no more. I’m not afraid. We’ve seen these times before and you made me brave.
Get up now boy and show him it’s okay.
But I’m afraid to go. I’m so afraid.
Please for me, see won’t you show me you’re brave.
But I’m afraid to go. I’m so afraid.
I’m afraid to go. Yes I’m afraid.
I’m Not Afraid To Go.
Why are you standing when it’s time to lay?
I’m not afraid no more. I’m not afraid.
But we’ve missed out chance. It’s just too late.
But I’m not afraid no more. I’m not afraid.
The Moon now sits at 42. If we leave now we might get through, about it but you must stay strong and take the lead. We go together or do not leave.
— Ronnie Bass