Untitled (Double Face), 2010, 39.4'' x 12'' x 13'', mixed media with two guitars
In Untitled (Double Face) two guitars are joint to form one instrument that has no back. The act of multiplying serves almost as a handicap, one that imposes new movement and sound. It now takes two people to activate this musical instrument. When played, the sculpture imposes a hyper intimate relationship upon the musicians, facing one another, and holding the guitar between them. Every movement is felt and heard, with their backs to the crowd.
Untitled (Double Face), as part part of the exhibition program “Before Tomorrow”, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, 2023. Performers: Kristin Mueller and Naama Tsabar.
DOUBLESILVERBURST, 2010, 14'' x 71'' x 12', mixed media with two guitars
In ‘Doublesilverburst’, Tsabar fused a left handed and a right handed guitar together at the head (headstock) to create a single instrument. The two guitars now share a single set of guitar tuners, when one guitar is tuned the other goes out of tune. The two-person guitar negates the possibility of a “front man,” instead creating a scenario in which the creation of music is necessarily a collaborative effort, and disallows many of the characteristic wild gestures and poses of the rock star on stage.
“Untitled (Double Face)” at The Andy Warhol Museum, 2021.