b. 1975 in Jerusalem, Israel

Lives and works in New York, NY

My characters are embodiments of non-existing entities. Sometimes they mirror my mind’s demons and sometimes I watch them unfold before me. I find it necessary to escape into another universe in which I am not myself and language isn’t used to deliver information. Nationalities and races are embodied in language and people’s identities are revealed through speech. The characters I portray are not real. However they are specific. I don’t speak about politics; I use them to invoke feeling just as I speak in different languages in order to reach a nonsensical outcome.

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Tamy Ben-Tor
Still from Normal, 2006
DVD
4:20 min.
Edition of 5
Courtesy Zach Feuer Gallery, New York