In Shifting Sounds, Tal Stern and Karin Mendelovici – who share a domestic, intimate and creative space – present works created within books, colour drawings and collages from recent years. The works emerge from remnants – leftover paint, fragments of thought, IKEA instruction manuals, outdated newspapers, a discarded music score found on the street, and the shells of furniture.
Two independent voices attune themselves to form a quiet experience of dwelling and attentive observation of the inner landscape, set against a chaotic and turbulent climate. Holding onto edges, in the hours between wakefulness and sleep – late at night or early in the morning, before the household stirs – they cut, paste and draw in bed or beside the dining table.
Art-making is pushed to the margins of the day, into spaces and times characterised by a transitional state of mind – before and after the intensity of life itself: raising children, family life, the pursuit of livelihood, household management, travel, growth, study, therapy and rest. Conflicting impulses and needs demand attention, materialising as images that persistently surface. Crises and opportunities, failures and acts of resilience accumulate and intertwine, forming a shared visual dialogue.
