As if longing was empty

AS IF LONGING WAS EMPTY
Solo exhibition, Mahanayim art gallery, Kibbutz Mahanayim, Curator- More'Sun OddShemesh

As the daughter of a family whose grief has accompanied it for generations, and as a mother, I carry the collective history and my family history in my body. I remain constantly alert to danger because I feel I cannot "produce" protection, neither from the outside nor from the inside.

photo: Tomer Fruchter

Siesta (All that's left of me is a shade)

A carpet painted white, wood, sawdust, Calcite crystals, expanded polyethylene
200X240X200 cm, 2023

Best wishes

Olive tree in a paint bucket, Paving stones, white paint, sawdust
220X80X170 cm, 2023

My presence is indicated by the white color. I mark, try to protect, and choke at the same time. Using everyday materials, the generic paving stones are used as sidewalks and grave markers, emphasizing the ease with which life can turn into death.

Those who approach

an old swing in A displaced door, Iron chains, Calcite crystals, Paving stones, white paint

200X60X200 cm, 2023

The swing and the calcite crystals I collected in the field are my most innocent childhood memories. They reside inside a displaced door frame at a height that does not allow swinging, a stifled ghost swing.

I protected you
as much as I could

Olive branches, perforated crib, door frame, zip ties
300X200X230 cm, 2023

My temporary structure is made from olive branches that I collected from olive vineyards, a tree whose symbolism represents complexity to me as a Jewish woman living in Galilee. As a perforated cradle gathers under its shadow, the protected area collapses and becomes a death trap.

Mammoth

Pruned branches from an Israeli tree, plastic sheet, white paint, 150X200X150 cm, 2023

24 carat

Home nature movie, 3.48 minutes, 2023

Harvesting ant labor Sisyphicly, to raise carob seeds on traffic square step. They slide down the white step that is smooth and slippery. Even when they cooperate with each other, they cannot reach the top since they always attempt to climb the same impossible path.

(The origin of the word karat is carob seeds)