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Yuval Gur
Yuval Gur is an Israeli composer and artist whose interactive paintings combine conductive and oil paint with proximity sensing and composed music.
Yuval Gur quick facts
Yuval Gur combines conductive and oil paint in interactive works, using painted circuits to sense touch or proximity and activate sound effects.
| Full name | Yuval Gur |
|---|---|
| Born | — |
| Died | — |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Movements | Interactive art and new media art |
| Paint types | Conductive paint · Oil paint |
| Other media | — |
| Other materials | — |
| Painting surfaces | Canvas |
| Painting methods | Layering oil over self-made conductive paint and mapping painted zones through an Arduino Leonardo to trigger music by proximity |
| Common subjects | Prayer, grief, loss, sound, and music |
| Notable works | Tfila |
Sources: Yuval Gur: Tfila and Jewish Arts Collaborative: Bringing Multi-Sensory Art to Life, Yuval Gur: artist biography, and Yuval Gur: Ben Leven, conductive-paint installation.
Paint types used by Yuval Gur
Gur combines conductive paint with oil in interactive works, using electrically active marks to sense a viewer’s touch or proximity and trigger sound.
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Conductive paint
Gur applies conductive paint to create electrical pathways in Tfila, where the material contributes to the work’s multisensory operation. The coating functions as an active electrical medium as well as a painted layer, linking the image to touch and sound in the installation.
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Oil paint
Gur layers oil paint over conductive marks in Tfila, combining a traditional pictorial medium with electrically active paint beneath. The two materials retain distinct roles: oil forms the visible image while conductive paint enables the interactive operation. The project documentation describes their layering.
Sources: Yuval Gur: Tfila and Jewish Arts Collaborative: Bringing Multi-Sensory Art to Life.; Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis: Studio Israel
Painting surfaces used by Yuval Gur
Gur uses canvas as the support for Tfila, where oil paint and conductive paint share the surface and connect the image to sound interaction.
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Canvas
Gur’s Tfila is painted on canvas, with oil and conductive paint documented in descriptions of the interactive work. The support carries the visible image and electrically active areas, connecting painted zones to the installation’s response when a viewer approaches or touches it.
Sources: Yuval Gur: Tfila, Jewish Arts Collaborative: Bringing Multi-Sensory Art to Life, Yuval Gur: artist biography, Yuval Gur: Ben Leven, conductive-paint installation.
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