"Semaphore Island" is an exhibition comprised of layers of sound and image. It is based on a collection of sound recordings of extinct birds, which the artist collected for years. This collection is joined up by images produced by a phonautograph- an early sound writing machine invented in 1857. These images resemble abstract photographs or mechanical minimalistic drawings, and have been processed into silkscreen prints by the artist. Every print can be seen as a portrait of a bird of an endangered species, or a species already extinct.
Sari Carel (b.1975, Israel) is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York. She works primarily with video and sound, focusing on the interplay between the visual and the auditory. Carel's work has been exhibited internationally in venues such as Artists Space, Dumbo Arts Festival, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, and Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York; LAX Art and Young Projects in Los Angeles; and Tavi Dresdner, Contemporary by Golconda, and the Heder Gallery in Tel Aviv.
The artist's visit was made possible through the support of the Israeli Foreign