"CHRIS ROCK"
PROPOSAL FOR A MUSEUM INSTALLATION
ARTIST: ODED EZER
The installation Chris Rock features ten short video loops, each playing on a separate ceiling-mounted screen. A single original soundtrack fills the space, unifying the videos into one immersive audiovisual experience
Created for presentation in a large, darkened space, Oded Ezer's new video installation explores the inner turmoil of a character named “Chris Rock” — part human, part geological formation — as he confronts the tension between emotional vulnerability and stoic permanence.
Each video portrays a moment from a therapy session between “Dr. Adler” and Chris, who is caught in an internal struggle between tenderness and rigidity. The character of Chris proclaims, “I am solid, unyielding. That is my nature,” yet cracks in this narrative begin to surface.
At the center of each of the ten videos appears a unique black, lava rock–like Rorschach blot, each one distinct, evoking a different facet of Chris's inner perspective. Slowly opening in human hands, it sometimes resembles an exposed organ, a kind of “emotional imaging device.”
The installation offers a meditative experience, a window into a frozen consciousness, resistant to change: a “blocked space” shared by both therapist and patient.
Display:
The screens will be suspended throughout the dark space, each presenting a different video loop of a Rorschach blot. Visitors are invited to move among them, engaging in both a physical and mental encounter with the rocky forms. The audio will be spatially distributed throughout the space to create an immersive, meditative atmosphere.
Technical Requirements:
– 10 big digital screens
– Ceiling-mounted suspension systems
– Immersive sound system
