Wall painting by Erez Israeli. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2017. "I will write Felix Israel’s name on the house facade. Letter for letter. Eleven in total number. The letters will not be placed next to each other but will be painted upon each letter. Hereby every letter covers and erases the letter underneath. In the process I will begin with the surname Israel that combines the entirety and will end with the name Felix, referring to the individual, the subject. The final result is a picturesque almost abstract letter-structure from which the names cannot be deduced at first sight. The last two applied letters that emerge from the letter-continuum are the letters I and X, the X basically removing the I underneath it – the self and together the whole building. The act of retaining and erasing a name brings to mind the subject’s extinction while becoming a symbolic act together with the building’s disappearance and giving this mural its meaning." #erezisraeli #berlin #kunstlerhausbethanien #artcenter #artistresidency #wallpainting #streetart #urbanart