N.Lichtig, BLANK SPOTS (Die eigene Wohnung ist gefährlich), frottages (graphite, cleaning liquids and dust on canvas), approx. 160 x 150 cm and 160 x 170 cm each / theatre light / sound,  2017 — ongoing

BLANK SPOTS (Die eigene Wohnung ist gefährlich) is a series that addresses the fear of being identified, driven by the anxiety of being attacked in front of one’s door.

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Each frottage is created in front of or near the entrance of a building, collecting the dust of traumas buried in the ground. Taking advantage of its cartographic quality, some canvases in the series are reworked as musical scores.

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Most of the frottages come from the sidewalks of Bucharest (Romania), where the pogrom of January 21–23, 1941, claimed the lives of people murdered as they stepped out of their apartments. Other frottages were created in Berlin-Mitte (Germany), around the Reichsbahnbunker.

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A choral performance for six voices was presented in 2021, based on the musical scores, at the Belkin Gallery, Vancouver. This was in collaboration with composers Antony Knight and Walker Williams and the Department of Music at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver:

https://belkin.ubc.ca/events/concert-at-the-belkin-blank-spots-choral-performance/

https://nadialichtig.bandcamp.com/album/blank-spots


2024 in:
L'heure fêlée, Galerie Anne+, Paris, France
2023 in:
DESSIN 8, Chapelle du Quartier Haut, Sète, France
Entres les lignes / Zwischen den Linien, Galerie Lligat, Perpignan, France

2022 in:
Drift, Art and Dark Matter, curated by Sunny Kerr, Justina M.Barnicke Gallery, Art Museum, Toronto, Canada
Histoires de Silences, Galerie Anne+, Paris, France
The Body of Drawing, Maison de Heidelberg, Montpellier, curated by Hanna Hennenkemper & Ludwig Seyfath
Drift, Art and Dark Matter, curated by Sunny Kerr, Carlton University Art Gallery (CUAG), Ottawa, Canada

2021 in:
Muj Utek, Zamek, Poznan, Poland, curated by Jagna Domzalska.
Image fantôme, Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucarest, Romania, curated by Cristina Stoenescu.
Drift: Art and Dark Matter, Belkin Gallery, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, curated by Sunny Kerr.
Drift: Art and Dark Matter, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queens University, Kingston, Canada, curated by Sunny Kerr.

2019 in:
Schwankhalle, Bremen, Germany
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany

2017 in:
Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany