מתוך: יומנה של ima
The painting is defined as a dialogue that takes place between two fabrics: first, the canvas which is stretched over a stretcher.
Second, the threads which are taken from an old bed-sheet. Instead of a brash I use threads. Although they were produced by a patriarchal technology when I begin this dialogue with the bed-sheet each thread is pulled with different force. Some come out as whole while others break. I dip a thread or a knot of threads in paint then place on the canvas. Each time a different mark is produced. I hold the thread at one end; it 'dances' in the air and I can't predict where it will land. The element of chance echoes the maternal experience, from the moment a sperm 'chooses' an egg onward. I discover a wide range of possibilities of mark making with the threads: painting with a knot of threads, with one thread, holding a thread with both hands, creating a thick mark when the thread is loaded with paint, creating a thin mark when the paint on the thread is less diluted, creating circular lines, circular shapes full of movement.
From: ima's diary
