dorit – Dorit Cypis https://doritcypis.com Artist and Mediator Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:52:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://doritcypis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-DC_favicon-1-32x32.png dorit – Dorit Cypis https://doritcypis.com 32 32 PROJECTPeoplesLab, 2024 https://doritcypis.com/projectpeopleslab-2020/ Thu, 20 May 2021 03:17:01 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2756 PeoplesLab offers procedural, pragmatic and sensorial tools for change: meeting conflict with an adaptive process to revive trust between people; guiding recognition and understanding of differing perspectives; illuminating ways in which we may be caught in old structures,...]]> PeoplesLab offers procedural, pragmatic and sensorial tools for change: meeting conflict with an adaptive process to revive trust between people; guiding recognition and understanding of differing perspectives; illuminating ways in which we may be caught in old structures,...]]> PUBLICATIONWhere Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts, 2021 https://doritcypis.com/publicationwhere-art-might-happen-the-early-years-of-calarts-2021/ Wed, 19 May 2021 21:56:29 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=3012 Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany

The publication Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts, accompanies the exhibition of the same name presented at the Kestner Gesellschaft during 2019. The structure of this publication is astut...]]> Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany

The publication Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts, accompanies the exhibition of the same name presented at the Kestner Gesellschaft during 2019. The structure of this publication is astut...]]> PROJECTThe Sighted See the Surface, 2020 https://doritcypis.com/the-sighted-see-the-surface-publication/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 03:41:40 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2774 LM Projects is pleased to announce its latest publication, The Sighted See the Surface, by artist Dorit Cypis

The Sighted See the Surface​ is an expansive project developed by Dorit Cypis over the course of seven years (2012-19). Sparked by the death of me...]]> LM Projects is pleased to announce its latest publication, The Sighted See the Surface, by artist Dorit Cypis

The Sighted See the Surface​ is an expansive project developed by Dorit Cypis over the course of seven years (2012-19). Sparked by the death of me...]]> PROJECTFriendly Fire, Epoch Virtual, 2020EPOCH Gallery | September 5 – October 23 https://doritcypis.com/friendly-fire-epoch-virtual/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 03:26:37 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2769 Friendly Fire – Epoch Virtual explores how our internal landscapes may reveal traumas of social histories – trapping us into reactive behavior. Histories are embodied and refracted by us even as we may hold elevated social principals and values. How may we be wearing the ancient wa...]]> Friendly Fire – Epoch Virtual explores how our internal landscapes may reveal traumas of social histories – trapping us into reactive behavior. Histories are embodied and refracted by us even as we may hold elevated social principals and values. How may we be wearing the ancient wa...]]> PROJECTThe Color of WhitenessField Workshop: Action Projects, 2020ICA Los Angeles | August 30, 2020 https://doritcypis.com/the-color-of-whiteness-field-workshop-action-projects/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 18:14:49 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2952 The Color of Whiteness was performed Sunday, August 30, in-person and over Zoom, by invitation-only and on site at ICA-LA. This event was created by Cypis and 7 previous participants of PeoplesLab: Identity, Race, Whiteness + Antiracism, a research/training/dialogue program...]]> The Color of Whiteness was performed Sunday, August 30, in-person and over Zoom, by invitation-only and on site at ICA-LA. This event was created by Cypis and 7 previous participants of PeoplesLab: Identity, Race, Whiteness + Antiracism, a research/training/dialogue program...]]> PROJECTCome Closer, 2019 https://doritcypis.com/come-closer/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 01:32:02 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2722 Come Closer is a triptych of prints intended to be challenging to read. The work asks the reader to take time, to focus carefully in following a flashlight beam across words that appear and disappear in shadow. ...]]> Come Closer is a triptych of prints intended to be challenging to read. The work asks the reader to take time, to focus carefully in following a flashlight beam across words that appear and disappear in shadow. ...]]> PROJECTXI OPEN CITY Festival of Art in Public Space, Lublin, PolandShowcasing contemporary art in urban space as an integral part of everyday urban reality. Hospitality versus Hostility in Lublin’s History and Contemporary Global CulturesSeptember 13 – October 12, 2019 https://doritcypis.com/projectwelcome-the-strangeran-urban-installation-for-social-engagement-2019/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 02:44:43 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2639 Welcome the Stranger is created for the Open City Festival, Lublin, Poland, an ancient city with complex political and cultural histories. Welcome the Stranger is an urban installation, performance and social engagement project that reflects principles of sharing sustenance across ...]]> Welcome the Stranger is created for the Open City Festival, Lublin, Poland, an ancient city with complex political and cultural histories. Welcome the Stranger is an urban installation, performance and social engagement project that reflects principles of sharing sustenance across ...]]> PROJECTThe Sighted See the Surface (Studio), 2019 https://doritcypis.com/projectthe-sighted-see-the-surface-studio-2019/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 21:13:59 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2623 The Sighted See the Surface, which began as a tribute to artist Michael Asher whose practice shed light on power and consciousness, documents a mapping process of projected light across 11 photographs installed on a wall at the artist’s studio. The photographs perform as portals into events...]]> The Sighted See the Surface, which began as a tribute to artist Michael Asher whose practice shed light on power and consciousness, documents a mapping process of projected light across 11 photographs installed on a wall at the artist’s studio. The photographs perform as portals into events...]]> PUBLICATIONThe Art of Direct Action: Social Sculpture and Beyond, 2019 https://doritcypis.com/sternberg-press/ Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:33:04 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2600
Texts by Karen van den Berg, Mary Jane Jacob, Cara M. Jordan, Grant Kester, Philipp Kleinmichel, Kuda Production, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Marina Naprushkina, Dan Peterman, Rainer Rappmann, Pedro Reyes, John Roberts, Gregory Sh...]]>
Texts by Karen van den Berg, Mary Jane Jacob, Cara M. Jordan, Grant Kester, Philipp Kleinmichel, Kuda Production, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Marina Naprushkina, Dan Peterman, Rainer Rappmann, Pedro Reyes, John Roberts, Gregory Sh...]]> PROJECT Close Your Eyes If You Want to SeeSanta Monica Prefecture | April 1 – July 6, 2019 https://doritcypis.com/project-close-your-eyes-if-you-want-to-see-2019/ Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:04:04 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2477 Close Your Eyes If You Want to See, a social sculpture exploring relationships between psychological, physical and social aspects of identity and social relations. Clear, fearless, and piercing, Dorit’s work emp...]]> Close Your Eyes If You Want to See, a social sculpture exploring relationships between psychological, physical and social aspects of identity and social relations. Clear, fearless, and piercing, Dorit’s work emp...]]> PROJECTOne Another: Identity, Difference + Conflict NAVEL | April 17, 2019 https://doritcypis.com/newsone-another-identity-difference-conflict-navel-april-17-2019/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:19:53 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2522 One Another. Here, interested audience members will be invited to apply to participate in the seven month process, where...]]> One Another. Here, interested audience members will be invited to apply to participate in the seven month process, where...]]> PUBLICATIONArt Reminds Us: We Are Implicated in Each Other’s Lives, 2018 https://doritcypis.com/publicationart-reminds-us-we-are-implicated-in-each-others-lives-2018/ Sat, 18 Aug 2018 03:22:10 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2430 PROJECTThe Future of Policing, 2015 – 2018 ongoing https://doritcypis.com/future-of-policing/ Wed, 10 Jan 2018 01:29:25 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=197 The Future of Policing as a Dialogue Facilitator. Days of Dialogue is a nonpartisan organiza...]]> The Future of Policing as a Dialogue Facilitator. Days of Dialogue is a nonpartisan organiza...]]> PROJECTTo the Population, 2016 https://doritcypis.com/project-to-the-population-2016/ Wed, 10 Jan 2018 03:10:36 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2334 PUBLICATIONThe Space of Conflict: Aesthetic Lessons for Mediators, 2016 https://doritcypis.com/publicationthe-space-of-conflict-aesthetic-lessons-for-mediators/ Fri, 14 Apr 2017 22:42:00 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/?p=2188 Published in Handbook in Mediation, editor Alexia Georgakopoulos, Routledge Press, 2017


The Space of Conflict: Aesthetic Lessons for Mediators frames lessons on recognizing the kn...]]> Published in Handbook in Mediation, editor Alexia Georgakopoulos, Routledge Press, 2017


The Space of Conflict: Aesthetic Lessons for Mediators frames lessons on recognizing the kn...]]> NEWS“You May Add or Subtract From the Work”ARTFORUM CRITIC’S PICK | April 5, 2017 https://doritcypis.com/you-may-add-or-subtract-artforum/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 04:19:24 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=2165 PROJECTWhose Bare Life (braille), 2015 https://doritcypis.com/whose-bare-life/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 03:36:35 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=645 Photographs with visual braille in Silkscreen. ...]]> Photographs with visual braille in Silkscreen. ...]]> PROJECTWho Did It (alert), 2013 – 2015 https://doritcypis.com/who-did-it-alert/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 05:34:10 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=611 Who Did It (alert) makes simple words complex to read. The 5 prints mimic the 5 colours of Homeland Security Advisory System instituted in the USA in 2002....]]> Who Did It (alert) makes simple words complex to read. The 5 prints mimic the 5 colours of Homeland Security Advisory System instituted in the USA in 2002....]]> PROJECTNews to Be Read, 2013 https://doritcypis.com/news-to-be-read/ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:59:28 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=171 PUBLICATIONPerforming Empathy: What the Arts Can Offer Conflict Resolution, 2014 https://doritcypis.com/performing-empathy/ Fri, 07 Feb 2014 20:58:01 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=293 Empathy, Art and Mediation

Differences between people can be incomprehensible, fueling mistrust that can deter us from engagement. Recognizing and negotiating personal and cultural differences is dependent on developing empathy for oneself and between people. Empathy is mor...]]> Empathy, Art and Mediation

Differences between people can be incomprehensible, fueling mistrust that can deter us from engagement. Recognizing and negotiating personal and cultural differences is dependent on developing empathy for oneself and between people. Empathy is mor...]]> NEWSThe Sighted See the SurfaceLM PROJECTS | May 6, 2014 https://doritcypis.com/the-sighted-see-the-surface/ Tue, 06 May 2014 23:15:57 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=404 The Sighted See the Surface. Asher’s critique of institutions shaping what is made visible and not visible to the public has inspired Cypis to work with the Braille Institute ...]]> The Sighted See the Surface. Asher’s critique of institutions shaping what is made visible and not visible to the public has inspired Cypis to work with the Braille Institute ...]]> PROJECTThe Sighted, 2013 https://doritcypis.com/the-sighted/ Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:50:18 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=182 PROJECTCan i be dropped from history?, 2013 https://doritcypis.com/can-i-be-dropped-from-history/ Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:58:09 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=147 PUBLICATIONHistory Lesson (an arrangement), 2011 https://doritcypis.com/texthistory-lesson-an-arrangement-2011/ Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:21:00 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=311 In Tribute to Tadeusz Kantor

Tadeusz, I am so happy to be in relations with you once again. It has been quite some time since we last met, Los Angeles, the summer of 1984 I believe. The Olympic Games, against the LA backdrop pretense of urban harmony, had inhaled the city. ...]]> In Tribute to Tadeusz Kantor

Tadeusz, I am so happy to be in relations with you once again. It has been quite some time since we last met, Los Angeles, the summer of 1984 I believe. The Olympic Games, against the LA backdrop pretense of urban harmony, had inhaled the city. ...]]> PROJECT… a prelude to The Life of Life, 2012 https://doritcypis.com/a-prelude-to-the-life-of-life/ Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:59:37 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=125 The Life of Life is a performative work including “sleight of hand” tricks that continue the artist’s aesthetic exploration of the uncanny nature of history....]]> The Life of Life is a performative work including “sleight of hand” tricks that continue the artist’s aesthetic exploration of the uncanny nature of history....]]> PUBLICATIONLos Angeles: A Zone Beyond Time, 2010 https://doritcypis.com/textlos-angeles-a-zone-beyond-time-2010/ Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:26:22 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=314 PROJECTALL MY FLOWERS (2010), 2011 https://doritcypis.com/allmyflowers/ Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:38:32 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=9 PUBLICATIONForeign Exchanges: You who look may not see, 2008 https://doritcypis.com/textforeign-exchanges-you-who-look-may-not-see-2008/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:29:04 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=319 “May I help you?” “No thank you. Just looking”.

To look is to scan, taking in selectively without commitment, to consume, gliding over endless surfaces, to shop, desiring, inhaling without exhaling, to project without reflection. To see, is an intimate act, recognizing that...]]> “May I help you?” “No thank you. Just looking”.

To look is to scan, taking in selectively without commitment, to consume, gliding over endless surfaces, to shop, desiring, inhaling without exhaling, to project without reflection. To see, is an intimate act, recognizing that...]]> PROJECTPlis (the similar between Polish and Palestinian), 2011 https://doritcypis.com/plis/ Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:42:25 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=203 A Symmetry)....]]> A Symmetry)....]]> PUBLICATIONflip, flop, foul and reconciliation: which beautiful game?EAST OF BORNEO | July 2014 https://doritcypis.com/flip-flop-foul/ Mon, 14 Jul 2014 23:06:37 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=393 Fútbol: The Beautiful Game,” an art exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art curated by Franklin Sirmans....]]> Fútbol: The Beautiful Game,” an art exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art curated by Franklin Sirmans....]]> PROJECTA SYMMETRY, 2011 https://doritcypis.com/a-symmetry-2011/ Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:05:32 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=76 A Symmetry is a time line of photographs and text charting seven objects chosen from the artist’s family archive. ...]]> A Symmetry is a time line of photographs and text charting seven objects chosen from the artist’s family archive. ...]]> PUBLICATIONA Brave New World (remix), 2011 https://doritcypis.com/texta-brave-new-world-remix-2011/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:15:37 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=303 PROJECTThe Artist and Her Archive, 2010 https://doritcypis.com/the-artist-and-her-archive/ Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:51:00 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=212 PUBLICATIONConflict, Mourning and Aesthetics, 2008 https://doritcypis.com/textconflict-mourning-and-aesthetics-2008/ Wed, 07 May 2008 21:33:24 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=324 (what happens when history does not pass?)

Conflict, informed by a complexion of personal subjectivities and cultural forces, exists within and between people. Where there is difference there will be conflict and as human difference is inevitable, so is conflict. The question is,...]]> (what happens when history does not pass?)

Conflict, informed by a complexion of personal subjectivities and cultural forces, exists within and between people. Where there is difference there will be conflict and as human difference is inevitable, so is conflict. The question is,...]]> PROJECTInside/Outside/In, 2010 https://doritcypis.com/insideoutsidein/ Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:07:53 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=242 Inside/Outside/In was developed as a performance for Dan Graham the gallery, to engage with the artist Dan Graham's Performer/Audience/Mirror, originally performed in 1975....]]> Inside/Outside/In was developed as a performance for Dan Graham the gallery, to engage with the artist Dan Graham's Performer/Audience/Mirror, originally performed in 1975....]]> PUBLICATIONThe Spirit of Proximity, 2008 https://doritcypis.com/textthe-spirit-of-proximity-2008/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:31:18 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=322 Journal for Art and Protest

What is the lifespan of the spirit of revolution? I always wondered about this question ...even as very young child. I remember my father, a textile engineer, traveling every year to Central America from Israel, and then from Montreal, a...]]> Journal for Art and Protest

What is the lifespan of the spirit of revolution? I always wondered about this question ...even as very young child. I remember my father, a textile engineer, traveling every year to Central America from Israel, and then from Montreal, a...]]> PROJECTGalileo, 2008 https://doritcypis.com/galileo/ Thu, 08 May 2008 00:28:55 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=497 Galileo is an immersive installation of photographs, mirrors, a telescope and chairs....]]> Galileo is an immersive installation of photographs, mirrors, a telescope and chairs....]]> NEWSShifted/SightHINGE PARALLEL | January 11 – March 1, 2014 https://doritcypis.com/shiftedsighthing/ Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:14:05 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=479 PROJECTStranded Subject (Weekends), 2007 https://doritcypis.com/stranded-subject-weekends/ Mon, 07 May 2007 00:40:56 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=515 Stranded Subject (weekends), an immersive installation, digitally re-combines newspaper images to create new narratives from those that are delivered to us daily....]]> Stranded Subject (weekends), an immersive installation, digitally re-combines newspaper images to create new narratives from those that are delivered to us daily....]]> PUBLICATIONBetween the Conceptual and the Vibrational, 2003 https://doritcypis.com/textbetween-the-conceptual-and-the-vibrational-2003/ Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:45:50 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=1147 Dorit Cypis speaking with Simone Forti

Simone Forti today, is the same woman I met many years ago, and so much more. Her work in dance, from the 1950's to today, 2004, spans the aesthetic movements of expressionism and minimalism and has branched much further into a m...]]> Dorit Cypis speaking with Simone Forti

Simone Forti today, is the same woman I met many years ago, and so much more. Her work in dance, from the 1950's to today, 2004, spans the aesthetic movements of expressionism and minimalism and has branched much further into a m...]]> PROJECTSightlines, 2006 https://doritcypis.com/sightlines/ Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:51:09 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=528 Sightlines, is an immersive environment where the viewer becomes partner to cross-historical and cross-cultural variables....]]> Sightlines, is an immersive environment where the viewer becomes partner to cross-historical and cross-cultural variables....]]> PROJECTRed Window, 2005 https://doritcypis.com/red-window/ Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:59:41 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=539 PROJECTLiberty (leading the people), 2003 https://doritcypis.com/liberty-leading-the-people/ Sat, 08 Nov 2003 01:08:40 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=548 Liberty (leading the people) is a reflection on Eugene Delacroix's romantic/classical painting Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Cypis employs photography, video, performance, and sculpture to create an immersive space of experience and discovery, psychological, physical and political....]]> Liberty (leading the people) is a reflection on Eugene Delacroix's romantic/classical painting Liberty Leading the People, 1830. Cypis employs photography, video, performance, and sculpture to create an immersive space of experience and discovery, psychological, physical and political....]]> PROJECTFraming Memories I Never Had, 1998 https://doritcypis.com/framing-memories/ Tue, 17 Feb 1998 01:24:52 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=760 Framing Memories I Never Had is a perpetual projection machine projecting images of 7’ x 5’ against the wall it faces....]]> Framing Memories I Never Had is a perpetual projection machine projecting images of 7’ x 5’ against the wall it faces....]]> PROJECTThe Visceral Viewer and the Court, 2000 – 2002 https://doritcypis.com/visceral-viewer/ Sun, 07 May 2000 20:14:24 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=255 The Visceral Viewer and the Court was developed as college curriculum bridging aesthetics and social practice. Partnerships were developed between college/university art departments and California Superior Courthouses....]]> The Visceral Viewer and the Court was developed as college curriculum bridging aesthetics and social practice. Partnerships were developed between college/university art departments and California Superior Courthouses....]]> PROJECTPsycho Portraits, 1993 – 1995 https://doritcypis.com/psycho-portraits/ Wed, 17 Feb 1993 01:39:51 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=775 Psycho-Portraits are made from autobiographical and public domain pictures that each subject participant chose from his/her personal collection. The portraits evoke social and psychological layers of identity....]]> Psycho-Portraits are made from autobiographical and public domain pictures that each subject participant chose from his/her personal collection. The portraits evoke social and psychological layers of identity....]]> PROJECTKulture Klub Collaborative, 1992 – present https://doritcypis.com/kulture-klub-collaborative/ Sat, 07 Nov 1992 20:21:22 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=261 Kulture Klub Collaborative in 1992 within Project OffStreets, a drop-in center providing crisis intervention services for homeless youth in Minneapolis. ...]]> Kulture Klub Collaborative in 1992 within Project OffStreets, a drop-in center providing crisis intervention services for homeless youth in Minneapolis. ...]]> PROJECTLiving Buildings Act, 1979 https://doritcypis.com/living-buildings-act/ Sat, 17 Feb 1979 01:48:23 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=789 Living Buildings Act, was presented at the Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

"What is the GSA, the agency responsible for holding back and NOT passing on the presidency logistics baton to Biden/Harris?

In 1979 I spent the year negotiating wit...]]> Living Buildings Act, was presented at the Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.

"What is the GSA, the agency responsible for holding back and NOT passing on the presidency logistics baton to Biden/Harris?

In 1979 I spent the year negotiating wit...]]> PROJECTFoundation for Art Resources, FAR, 1977 – present https://doritcypis.com/far/ Fri, 07 Jan 1977 20:42:36 +0000 https://doritcypis.com/one/?p=278 Foundation for Art Resources was founded by the innovative gallerists Morgan Thomas, Connie Lewallen, and Claire Copley, for the production and presentation of contemporary art projects outside of the gallery structure....]]> Foundation for Art Resources was founded by the innovative gallerists Morgan Thomas, Connie Lewallen, and Claire Copley, for the production and presentation of contemporary art projects outside of the gallery structure....]]>