mmii

Escher Tsai

Khaled Hafez

Boris Eldagsen

Axl Le

dasha

Despina Charitonidi

Shahar Marcus

CIFRA

Feel like you’ve landed on another planet when it comes to media art? Watch these works. They’re meant to be felt, not decoded 

Cosmic Traveller

video art

experimental film

video installation

computer graphics

computer animation

media performance

virtual reality

immersive art

generative art

digital poetry

https://cifra.com/content/art/44dcef42-bde5-4caa-8b04-64524599a7db/media/short/1786955516/6776b214ef4ec17c98334350d46323d38fd19d5916d88b93dc48f09d05ad10b2/content.m*

King of falafel

https://cifra.com/content/art/8262e7ab-1af4-45c9-9bc2-134db20462b7/media/short/1786955516/ca93637b3359c1683cf310b32657336077595abbfa808b82f38595ec3e6bff9c/content.m*

A Hundred Varieties of Life

https://cifra.com/content/art/97b2e0bd-317a-4021-b25b-e3e4ae6ca991/media/short/1786955516/0c9c79225303f13e769f20974e8fa34f33c6c818a84eedaac272188af0f34335/content.m*

Co:beliefs

https://cifra.com/content/art/3c8fab9c-5bff-4656-a3b8-2b94aa27668e/media/short/1786955516/1c302fdfc8b74944d973099200897638c2bf01ed01b2ac42e82c1f53686ca5eb/content.m*

Rinacque il Sogno di Camille

https://cifra.com/content/art/7bdb841d-1016-486a-a9e2-fd55117536cf/media/short/1786955516/81d8f27edfddc071066f4d847f79fccf928da4118c2606eb40d5b67c721bf553/content.m*

T.A.P Project 2025 Modern Times

https://cifra.com/content/art/4fc4e6b5-c130-44f0-8327-fb176878d6af/media/short/1786955516/00e4c96d3c8fba8c92616c1fab5a1d790b48616a9f306fede66b4852290a2eb5/content.m*

Let Me Fix You

https://cifra.com/content/art/775f7c59-da2a-48cd-bf2f-5673bd694f35/media/short/1786955516/c34134a989f15c5831fdc8d835ae8ff6f24821b547368d1ede90fc225e08dcc8/content.m*

I LOVE EMOTIONS AND EMOTIONS LOVE ME - How to Explain AI to a Coyote (Part II: On Single Emotions)

https://cifra.com/content/art/479d91b6-975f-473d-b43e-663424a53e84/media/short/1786955516/d41ba1be598d38d9a922b9e8a0f34b72cf00bedfb3114b983cc8194e0d683ae1/content.m*

IHOM: Kartonopolis

The work "King of Falafel" is a continuation of Shahar Marcus’s video works that deal with Israeli cultural symbols, manifested by various food rituals. The current work takes place on the moon and depicts a fictional event – the opening of a new falafel stand. The video begins with a wide-shot of space and continues with Marcus, dressed as an astronaut, landing on the moon. After getting ‘lost in space’ he finally notices a flag and realizes he has reached his final destination. Thereafter, he opens an inflatable falafel stand and puts up his own flag with the inscription: “King of Falafel”. After struggling with the making of the dish, his ultimate success is celebrated with a triumphal ‘selfie’.
This humorous piece, shot in the spirit of ‘space adventure’ films, touches a few historical and contemporary socio-political issues. The major theme of the work is the discovery and conquest of a new frontier. This theme plays a major part in the Zionist ethos and the early formation of Israel. It also echoes the history of America and the Western European Colonial past. By depicting an astronaut who is wearing a white suit with blue stripes that resembles the Israeli flag, Marcus reflects on a contemporary ‘Colonialist’ phenomenon in the shape of Israeli tourism. This phenomenon is mainly expressed by the opening of Israeli food venues abroad as a form of cultural compulsion. As opposed to the European Colonial worldview of enforcing their ‘superior’ knowledge upon the local population, in this work, the conquering culture is that of simple street food folklore – the falafel. Ironically, the famous historical rivalry between former USSR and USA over the landing on the moon is thereby defeated by an Israeli pioneer – the first one to set up a food stand in space! By situating this surreal event on the moon – the symbol of future and progress – Marcus emphasizes the never-ending, universal human strive for conquering new and ‘undiscovered’ frontiers.

Cosmic Traveller on CIFRA. Discover curated artworks that match your mood. Find art that resonates. Get inspired, share, and explore.