Cover Story
The project was made with Avihai Mizrahi
Can we separate the archetype of the book and its functionality from the materials it is made of? Is it possible to strip the book off of essential qualities such as its content and still tell a story?
In the series Untitled the book serves as a material, physical, and cultural point of departure for the creation of new objects that stand on their own, and cannot be named.
Unlike a book, in which the content is not directly linked to the physicality of the object, the objects in the series demonstrate a direct link between the materiality and physicality and the content of the object and its story.
Cover Story
The project was made with Avihai Mizrahi
Can we separate the archetype of the book and its functionality from the materials it is made of? Is it possible to strip the book off of essential qualities such as its content and still tell a story?
In the series Untitled the book serves as a material, physical, and cultural point of departure for the creation of new objects that stand on their own, and cannot be named.
Unlike a book, in which the content is not directly linked to the physicality of the object, the objects in the series demonstrate a direct link between the materiality and physicality and the content of the object and its story.
Train Houses, 2022
Toy train, 3-D print, color
This work examines housing from a social perspective, focusing on the gaps between interior, personal spaces and exterior, public ones. The unified building facade represents the conflict between interior and exterior, since it includes urban signage, window bars, shutters and plaster, as well as laundry, flowerpots, and personal belongings. Row houses, which in Hebrew are also known as “train houses,” were common in Israel in the 1950s and 1960s. These buildings, whose construction was largely initiated by government agencies, addressed the dire need for housing awakened by waves of mass immigration. This rapid and cheap construction method was used to create small, simple apartments surrounded by minimal public spaces, while making use of inexpensive materials. This building model, which moves in circles and never reaches its destination, represents the difficulties concerning the housing situation in Israel, and the problematic maintenance and aesthetic appearance of these buildings.
The Project was made with Shaul Chohen and Avihai Mizrahi as part of the exhibition Overdose.