“Alzheimer”
won first prize at Kunst Kreuzberg e.V
at Kunst Kreuzberg e.V gallery, Berlin
“Vertrauen”
Fear Government Institution AI Politicians Friends Friends that stoped being in contact Trust is broken
at Kunst Kreuzberg e.V gallery, Berlin
Fear on canvas Lately I was searching for a way to deal with my fear of the near future, the care of my family and friends. A few years ago, when I was in hospital I read that writing a daily journal can help. In music, I learn how to capture sound using only a pencil and paper, so I was looking for the right canvas for my anxiety. I started by experimenting with paper and clay, building models. whether it's after reading the news online or Fearing for my wife's life, I record it.
Maroquinerie
In the 1950s, my grandfather immigrated to Israel from Morocco with his wife and four children. He packed a limited number of items for the trip and did not forget to take his knife with him. This should be known, grandfather was a leather goods artisan in Morocco, Maroquinerie, a profession continuing the age-old culture of designing bags and leather goods. When they arrived in Israel, the knife he loved so much took on a completely different meaning.
In the 1960s, my grandmother, my grandfather, and their family moved to the lower city of Haifa. Grandpa worked in the port of Haifa as a painter, and one day, while painting a ship, Grandpa fell from the scaffolding and hurt his back. His two friends, who carried him home, begged him to inform the port authorities for support and compensation on their part, but Grandfather only asked that he be left with his family, so that they would take care of him.
I know this story from my childhood but in my imagination, grandfather never fell on his back, but grew wings just before the fall and landed on his two feet. This event, of course, had a profound effect on the family, who once again moved their residence, this time to Tel Aviv. Grandfather returned to his favorite knife and worked as a leather bag craftsman until his retirement, with the magnificent family he founded in Israel by his side.
At Maroquinerie I would like to investigate and ask universal questions about people who are cut off from their past and arrive in a foreign place - about the hope, the alienation, the fear, the cut off from the past, the ability to build a new life by killing your old shadows of identity.
The exhibition took place in the Stanton neighborhood in Haifa Israel where my grandfather used to work and live.
Maroquinerie -
