‘rain II’
Noren spray-painted with repeated characters for rain/雨

2m x 1.5m
Cotton crepe, polyester thread, enamel spray paint, steel
April 2022

photographs 1 - 5 by Marianna Ebersoll
photographs 6 - 8 by Stella Sunday

noun: curtain

1. a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window
2. a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage
3. a raising or lowering of the curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene
4. a disastrous outcome

verb: curtain

1. provide with a curtain or curtains
2. conceal or screen with a curtain

(Oxford Language Dictionary)

noun: noren

1. (short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house
   
2. reputation (of a store); good name; credit
   
3. goodwill (business)
   
4. noren (暖簾) are traditional Japanese fabric dividers, hung between rooms, on walls, in doorways, or in windows. They usually have one or more vertical slits cut from the bottom to nearly the top of the fabric, allowing for easier passage or viewing. Noren are rectangular and come in many different materials, sizes, colors, and patterns. Noren are traditionally used by shops and restaurants as a means of protection from sun, wind, and dust, and for advertising space.

(jisho.org)