Olive Smoke - 2023
Traditionally, kosher ink used for holy writings in Judaism was made from a pigment extracted from the smoke of olive oil candles, mixed with almond resin. This ink, known as olive smoke ink, can last for 2,000 years. This work is my visual dream of olive smoke.
Photos by Paul Mesnager & Hamza Bennour
Glass bottle, water, olive oil, cotton, gramophone horn, smoke machine, variable dimensions
B7L9, Tunis, 2023