That Man in That Box

The artist locked himself up, naked, inside a roofless box, in Wadi Salib, Haifa outside the Pyramida Center for Contemporary Art, where he stayed for six days in the hot month of July. During the performance piece, Salfiti didn’t leave the box, relying totally on what he got from the audience for clothes, food, and drink. The spectators were able to watch him through two large windows. Salfiti took a vow of silence and didn’t make a sound or utter a word during his stay.

The 8 square meters box had an open hole through which anyone could drop him anything they chose, and a computer was available to the audience to send the artist any message or video they wished. Salfiti was able to see the messages through a screen set up inside his box, but he couldn’t respond.

Read this article on the work in Tohu Magazine