DELFIN LEV


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Delfin Lev is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist from Istanbul, based in Amsterdam since 2021. In her practice, she explores fractured spaces and identities. 

Being fascinated by spatial, cultural, and object-centered habits, she draws from existing patterns to create meditations on connection, intimacy, and social hierarchies. 
She works as a creative producer at Whale Amsterdam since 2023.

PENTIMENTO 
Choreographic spatial  installation
March 2022


"Pentimento" is an immersive installation designed to interact with the architectural features of gallery W139 in Amsterdam. Inspired by the narrow staircase that serves as a primary passage between floors, the work disrupts the circulation with a text piece visible only through a mirror positioned to face the staircase.
The text, written in bright green letters on the steps' risers, reads:
"THIS IS A REFLECTIVE SURFACE BUT YOU CANNOT DRINK FROM IT."

Prompting the visitors to pause as they encounter it, Pentimento causes a further congestion in the already constrained space.
By using an object of vanity as it’s frame, "Pentimento" challenges the immunity of the looker, and suggests an alternative frame.

W139 , Netherlands
Collaborators:  Studio FCP