In “Plecos”, a new solo exhibition of Gilad Ratman the artist presents an ambitious installation encompassing video, sound, programmed doors, and wet clay. The protagonists of Ratman’s project are Pleco fish (short for Plecostomus), also known as cleaner fish because of their ability to seemingly clean the aquarium surfaces. But while we tend to think of Plecos from a human perspective, as providing a service to others, seen from the fish’s perspective they merely do so for nourishment, out of a survival mechanism.
