Glasshouse had several iterations before relocating to New York in 2012. Learn about these here or get our book ‘Glasshouse In Retrospect’ (2012)
Phase 1 (2007)
Glasshouse Online
Weekly performance broadcasts from our home.Viewed only on our website, Tuesdays at 10pm.“Doors” closed 1 minute after show started. No late entrances.Location: www.dotan-perry.com/tuesdaysDuration: 9 months
Phase 2 (2008)
Glasshouse as Physical Space
Our entire home as an installation.
Hosting the public.
Exhibitions. Live performances. Opening hours.
Guided tours in our home.
Location: 8 Hashomer Street, Tel-Aviv
Duration: 9 months (evacuated by landlord under the claim of unauthorized activity)
Phase 3 (2009)
Glasshouse as Laboratory
Artist-in-residence program // dynamic exhibition, educational program // long durational performances, 1/1 performances// laboratory.
open 24/7 by appointment
Location: 3 Hashomer Street, Tel-Aviv
Duration: 12 months
Phase 4 (2010)
Glasshouse in an Art Institute
9000 square feet of empty space. Street level.
Glass window. Shower on the first floor, toilet and kitchen in the basement.
Entrance door no longer marks the border.
Visual transparency. Staff. No privacy.
Location: Marina Abramovic Institute West, 575 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Duration: 3 months
Creating an autonomy within an institution.
Accessible 24/7. People 24/7. Constructing time
Phase 5
A Greenhouse
Solitude/closing the door
Duration: 9 months
Daily recorded conversations.
Performance in demonstrations.
Night activity, actions for the homeless.
Unannounced daily performance titled, I Have Nothing// To Lose.
Phase 6 (2011)
Glasshouse Storefront
Street level store converted into our home. 6 mm glass wall separates the interior from the exterior. Unannounced activities. Passing-by audience. Daily practices.
Our immediate neighbors: massage parlor, lottery booth, 24/7 laundromat, kiosk, bus stop, bottle recycling center (frequented mostly by homeless).
Location: 17 Allenby street, Tel Aviv
Duration: 6 months
The street as a 3D motion picture. Observing people. Collecting garbage from our door front, sweeping the side-walk. Domestic activities in the public sphere.
The glass wall: cleaning, video screening, unannounced performances.