layr:wuestenhagen zeitgenoessische kunst, Vienna, 2004
concept & sketches installation view
SMSs from Oliver, Lebanon->Holland
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Letters to Laylah
Mirta Demare,
Rotterdam
Mixed media installation and performance: Water-colour on wood, wood, fabric, mattresses, video,  oil paintings,  clothes, etc.

Photos: Angelika Krinzinger, Vienna.

In the installation at  layr:wuestenhagen zeitgenoessische kunst we built our temporary home for 6 weeks in the gallery space where we slept on a triple bed we made for us and for Laylah. Surrounding  the bed were laying on shelves  Letters to Laylah. The  work began by creating an imaginary lover named Laylah to whom we have written and painted those letters. The love letters mixing private memories with national experiences in text and image, referring to prejudices pre conceptions, fears and the segregation of Israelis from Arabs.
Among those where also exhibited our personal belongings and clothes, oil portrait of  Oliver, series of  water- colours after Smses sent from Oliver (Lebanon)- Gil & Moti (Holland) and oil landscapes of Gran Canria.

Concept Sketches for installation and performance at layr:wuestenhagen zeitgenoessische kunst.
Water-colour on paper, each 26x36 cm.