The "Flow"
The Flow
Shell limestone, electronics, thermal paper. 20x20x20cm, 2026.
The installation “Names” is an object through which a looped paper strip continuously passes. Every 40 seconds, the object prints the name of one person killed in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict onto the strip. The list contains 62,162 people in total: Palestinians and Israelis, military personnel and civilians — everyone. With each cycle of the strip, the names layer over one another, gradually transforming the list into an endless black band.
The work invites the viewer to reflect on how a civilizational tragedy erases the differences between people, turning individual lives into part of an inexhaustible stream of suffering and death. The printing mechanism is embedded in shell limestone — a metaphor for eternity, in which once-living beings remain in petrified form — while the cyclical movement of the strip serves as a reminder that one set of victims often gives rise to another.
The installation is located in a hidden site on the outskirts of London. Over the course of 25 days, it will print each of the 62,162 names, gradually turning the paper strip into an endless black flow.
The work invites the viewer to reflect on how a civilizational tragedy erases the differences between people, turning individual lives into part of an inexhaustible stream of suffering and death. The printing mechanism is embedded in shell limestone — a metaphor for eternity, in which once-living beings remain in petrified form — while the cyclical movement of the strip serves as a reminder that one set of victims often gives rise to another.
The installation is located in a hidden site on the outskirts of London. Over the course of 25 days, it will print each of the 62,162 names, gradually turning the paper strip into an endless black flow.
Data sources
The following datasets were used to compile the consolidated list of the deceased.
Please remember that this is not a complete list, and the actual number of deaths continues to increase every day.
- Killed in Gaza: https://data.techforpalestine.org/docs/killed-in-gaza/
- Victims 07.10.23: https://www.newsru.co.il/israel/7oct2023/imena301.html
Please remember that this is not a complete list, and the actual number of deaths continues to increase every day.
Location
For security reasons, the location of the work is not disclosed. The exact location will be revealed after the project is completed.
Author
The author of the work is a merely young British artist who conceals his or her identity in the interests of the project’s objectivity and security. For all inquiries, the author can be contacted at blackflow.uk@proton.me.