1 NOV - 1 DEC
YOTAM COHEN
MY BEST FRIEND BOUGHT A GUN

22.6.2024 18:38 Wednesday – A BambuLab A1 3D printer arrives following Da**a’s recommendation. Total cost: €374.68 including one filament spool. Y**am receives it.

01.07.2024 20:17 Monday – A**t sends Y**am a photo of a new AXE C HATCHET pistol (Glock-style, 9mm) taken on his toilet. The image references a song from their bootcamp period.

01.07.2024 23:27 Monday – Y**am paints on a discarded board (50 Å~ 90 cm) found earlier near the Saturday market. The board appears to be a washed-out painting.

03.07.2024 11:45 Wednesday – Y**am boards flight LY 338, Amsterdam–Tel Aviv. Weather: rain.

08.07.2024 09:00 Monday – Y**am starts working at Nahum Tevet’s studio. Previous encounters with Tevet’s exhibitions are noted. Observation: works lose impact in photographic documentation.

09.07.2024 10:13 Tuesday – Y**am attends the second-year sculpture class final presentation (Pe**g’s group) at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. The tutor states: “Making art is to try and change the world but always to fail.”

01.08.2024 19:58 Tuesday – Y**am and H**ai conduct a printing session on Hed – War Magazine. Theme: “How are you in this war?”. Y**am’s contribution includes the line: “Those who close their eyes can see that shoot and everything is fine.”

01.08.2024 20:41 Tuesday – Y**am and H**ai visit the studio of painter Uri Lifshitz, now functioning as a public gallery (three floors).

28.08.2024 15:05 Wednesday – Y**am boards return flight LY 339, Tel Aviv–Amsterdam.

01.09.2024 14:55 Sunday – Y**am visits P**s O** Gallery, Antwerp. Artist observed: Roy Mordechay (Israel/Germany). Note: first encounter with the artist; unexpected Israeli representation in Europe.

01.09.2024 17:00 Sunday – Y**am visits the Antwerp Port House (architect: Zaha Hadid). Note: spatial experience differs from photographic representation.

02.09.2024 20:43 Monday – Y**am sends an email to the digital workshop requesting a print on matte paper, 75 Å~ 100 cm, file חברשלי†קנה†אקדח“ .png”.

03.09.2024 14:56 Tuesday – Y**am prints the photograph sent by A**t, glues it onto a wooden board, and places it on the school floor for public reaction.

07.12.2024 19:34 Saturday – At school, Y**am is in a playful mood. He finds a branch next to the trash bins and uses it as a toy weapon—sword fights, pretend guns.

10.02.2025 14:49 Monday – Appointment with W**dy in the gallery. Y**am photographs the space and hangs the images on the wall above his desk.

11.10.2025 00:28 Saturday – At home after dinner with K**, Y**am notices one of the gallery photographs left on his desk after cleaning the day before. After fifteen minutes lying awake, he gets up and paints until 4:00 a.m.

Today – You are reading this text in Y**am’s exhibition.

photo: Erik Naujok