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Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design 2020 Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Yuval Saar, Nir Harmat, Merav Rahat, Liora Rosin Exhibition Curators The Biennale presents, for the first time, a large- and mass production. Both, however, revolve scale exhibition that brings together different around material knowledge, are strongly linked manifestations of contemporary craft and design, to science and technology, and are attuned to shedding light on the local scene. It maps the scope their environment and to the social, political and of these creative spheres, identifies resemblances economic processes taking place in it. Operating and differences, and explores new directions. in shared contexts, these two fields nourish and respond to one another. The Biennale’s interdisciplinary approach blurs the boundaries between disciplines and The 250 works featured in the Biennale undermines existing hierarchies. Its point of are divided into five thematic chapters: First departure is matter as a form of cultural expression, Person/Second Nature, Must/Need, Heaven (and) and as a physical, virtual, or metaphorical presence. Earth, You are Here, Back to the Future. This These concerns form a natural continuation of the division is reflected in the Rothschild Gallery’s museum’s ongoing focus on local material culture. open-space exhibition layout, where different islands come together to form a creative The Biennale’s title, First Person. Second archipelago. The works in the intimate space of the Nature, relates to the creative individual’s Migdal Gallery, meanwhile, echo artistic actions unmediated physical, emotional and mental charged with diverse collective memories. The engagement with different mediums of expression. works integrated into the museum’s permanent Matter becomes a vehicle for the artistic message, collections and outdoor sites generate thought- while also serving as a means for self-expression, provoking dialogues. a habit developing into a “second nature,” a dynamic force, and an inner compass. Physical In the course of the Biennale, the museum and conceptual materials raise questions about will also host, one after another, four laboratories the artistic object and its materiality, comment led by three academic institutions, which offer on local and global issues, and cast light on the a unique glimpse behind the scenes of diverse artistic, cultural, social and economic significance thinking, research and experimentation processes. of creatively engaging with craft and design. The Biennale presents a challenging perspective Constantly shifting and evolving, craft and on material creation, expanding and highlighting design function like communicating vessels, the cultural, social and visual dialogue between exchanging roles or even merging together. art, craft, and design. The connections created Whereas craft, a practice based on empirical between past, present, and future partake in the knowledge, gives rise to unique artifacts, design continually evolving narrative of local material is conceived to be closely connected to industry culture. 452

Participants Murjan Abo Deba (419, 186), Anat Aboucaya Grozovski (394, 80), Ariela Abrahamson (405, 124), Farid Abu Shakra (395, 85), Hannan Abu-Hussein (396, 88), Naama Agassi (444, 291), Noy Alon (395, 84), Yohay Alush (402, 114), Yaniv Amar (450, 318), Einat Amir (392, 71), Rama Amir (428, 226), Tal Amitai-Lavi (432, 246), Amnon Amos (The Khnum group) (410, 149), Hila Amram (450, 316), Maya Arazi (418, 180), Maya (Schossberger) Armoza (405, 125), Lotem Artzi (418, 181), Shir Atar (444, 293), Iris Atzmon-Hardy (400, 105), Yael Atzmony (438, 271), Avital Avital (402 ,111 ,110), Vered Babai (402, 112), Yotam Bahat (419 ,402 ,185 ,113), Avner Balachsan (402, 114), Rotem Banai (398, 94), Anat Bar el (393, 74), Neta Bar Zion (404, 119), Shirly Bar-Amotz (400, 106), Ronit Baranga (426, 221), Eitan Bartal (394, 78), Margalit Bassan (396, 87), Tal Batit (447, 305, 304), Ronen Bavly (Magenta Studio) (450, 319), Shlomit Bauman (393, 75), Etamar Beglikter (433, 248), Orit Ben Arie (403, 115), Maya Ben David (403, 116), Noa Almagor Ben Dor (The Khnum group) (410, 149), Avi Ben Shoshan (403, 118), Maiyan Ben Yona (403, 117), Ori Ben Zvi (403, 116), Noa Ben-Nun Melamed (430, 233), Cohavit Ben Ezra Goldenberg (393, 77), Lisbeth Biger (429, 229), Bracha Bienvenida Guy (431, 238), Oz Biri (397, 91), Dana Bloom (420, 188), Vardi Bobrow (429, 232), Suly Bornstein Wolff (428, 228), Dylan Brams (405, 126), Olya Brener (420 ,191 ,190), Yuval Carmel (Cozi Studio) (411, 152), Anna Carmi (415, 171), Uriel H. Caspi (404, 120), Michal Cederbaum (446, 299), Yonat Chameides (431, 239), Dania Chelminsky (398, 96), Li Chen (420, 193, 192), Lila Chitayat (435, 255), Noam Clumeck (419, 184), Gali Cnaani (416, 177), Roni Cnaani (416, 177), Shiri Cnaani (416, 177), Esther Cohen (405, 127), Gily Ilan (Davka Studio) (426, 219), Shaked Cohen Ilan (406, 128), Tessy Cohen Peffer (406, 129), Neta Cones (448, 310), Yonit Crystal (406, 130), Dori Csenger (442, 287), Hagar Cygler (407, 133), Michal Czeisler-Shani (438, 269), Ronit Dagan (446, 298), Alice Dahan (416, 177), Tal Dayan (416, 174), Nirit Dekel (404, 123), Ilana Dotan (399, 100), Noam Dover (446, 299), Hilla Dror (The Khnum group) (410, 149), Esti Drori (436, 292), Orly Eleanora Edlavitch (441, 280), Galit Einav (425, 216) Odelia Elhanani (425, 217), Asher Elharar (399, 102), Eli Elisar (449, 315), Lucy Elkivity (421, 195), Max Epstein (421, 196), Yuval Etzioni (394, 79), Michal Evyatar (397, 93), Efrat Eyal (434, 254), Ann Ruth Facktorovich (421, 197), Noa Fein (408, 138), Danielle Feldhacker (445, 296), Ido Ferber (410, 146), Katya Izabel Filmus (407, 135, 134), Edith Fischer-Katz (412, 158), Omri Fisher (422, 201), Shai Ingrid Foa Roessler (423, 207), Inga Fonar Cocos (449, 312), Shelly Freiman (439, 274), Idan Friedman (Reddish Studio) (395, 83, 82), Yael Friedman (434, 251), Zila Friedman (440, 276), Inbar Frim (407, 136), Dov Ganchrow (428, 227), Daniel Garber (393, 76), Maya Gatenio (449, 314), Shira Gepstein Moskovich (400, 104), Shamai Gibsh (431, 242), Alon Gil (430, 237), Batya Gil Margalit (430, 408, 237, 139),Rani Gilat (432, 245), Pesi Girsch (440, 278), Keren Gispan (445, 297), Anat Golan (422, 200), Lital Goldenberg (406, 131), Ganit Goldstein (448, 308), Omri Goren (429, 230), Avivit Graff-Gressel (421, 198), Margot Gran (429, 231), Tali Grinshpan (433, 249), Andrey Grishko (448, 311), Yael Gronner (440, 279), Bouca Grunfeld (418, 182), Nurit Gur Lavy (Karni) (422, 199), Anat Hadar (430, 234), Dana Hakim Bercovich (419, 183), Shir Handelsman (441, 282), Judith Handelzalts Nabarro (430, 235), Naama Haneman (408, 137), Noga Harel (430, 236), Zahara Harel (432, 243), Goni Harlap (415, 170), Yael Harnik (433, 247), Carmit Hassine (409, 142), Johnathan Hopp (407, 132), Carmel Ilan (410, 147), Dafna Kaffeman (398, 97), Yuvi Kahana (409, 143), Ayelet Kall Mikulski (409, 144), Vered Kaminski (408, 140), Alona Katzir (432, 244), Shira Keret (439, 273), Eshchar Hanoch Kliengbiel (435, 256), Moran Kliger (422, 203), Yaniv Kneller (400, 106), Batami Kober (428, 225), Shahar Kornblit (428, 224), Adva Kremer (444, 290), Orna Lalo (448, 309), Itay Laniado (439, 273), Ariel Lavian (447, 307), Ravit Lazer (392, 73), Marik Lechner (423, 206), Eran Lederman (408, 141), Ami Leibowicz (416, 173), Rivka Levi (392, 70), Eliya Levi Yunger (446, 300), Sima Levin (411, 153), Naama Levit (392, 72), Dikla Levsky (404, 121), Tamar Levy Alfasi (435, 258), Noa Liran (411, 154), Yael Livneh (412, 155), Tova Lotan (434, 252), Roy Maayan (396, 89), Shiran Magrisso (444, 292), Mikki Mann (434, 253), Aya Margulis-Ben Izhak (413, 162), Rachel Menashe Dor (416, 174), Rona Meyuchas Koblenz (441, 283), Dikla Moskovich (413, 163), Sharon Murro (423, 204), Netta Nahardiya (440, 277), Fugi Naim (422, 202), Anat Negev (436, 262), Vered Nissim (426, 220), Edna Oliver (414, 164), Yaara Oren (414, 165), Yael Oren Sofer (420, 189), Michaela Mika Orstav (410, 150), Dori (Doron) Oryan (397, 92), Sivan Pais (439, 272), Chen Peiper (424, 208), Rina Peleg (431, 240), Rona Perlman (450, 317), Yaara Rabinovitch (425, 213), Galit Rauchwerger (437, 264), Nadav Rauchwerger (Davka Studio) (437, 426, 264, 219), Dafi Reis Doron (438, 267), Lena Revenko (404, 123), Martha Rieger (442, 411, 286, 151), Yael Roll (431, 241), Nadia Adina Rose (438, 270), Keren Rosen (438, 268), Rachel Rothman Garji (414, 167), Eden Saadon Malin (445, 294), Adam Salvi (447, 306), Uri Samet (447, 303), Nitzotz Saranga (445, 295), Daniella Saraya (425, 212),Jerry Shai-Sarig (415, 169), Dafna Sartiel (399, 103), Sivan Scheffner (399, 101), Sharon Scheyer (446, 302), Ruth Schreiber (442, 285), Avivit Segal (404, 122), Liat Segal (441, 281), Ayala Serfaty (425, 215, 214), Bianca Severijns (414, 166), Rebecca Sevinir (436, 260), Inbar Shahak (399, 99, 98), Sara Shahak (409, 145), Maayan Shahar (424, 210), Sarit Shani Hay (439, 275), David Shapira (421, 194), Tamar Sheaffer (449, 313), Avner Sher (400, 107), Irit Sher (415, 172), Tal Shoshan (442, 284), Dr. Boris Shpeizman (424, 211), Yochi Shrem (433, 250), Avner Singer (416, 173), Naama Steinbock (Reddish Studio) (395, 83, 82), Lenore Steinhardt (413, 160), Noa Tamir (436, 259), Vered Tandler Dayan (449, 315), Dana Tannhauser (436, 261), Rami Tareef (437, 266), Ziv Tsfati (423, 205), Ayala Tzur (394, 81), Yonatan Ullman (437, 265), Meira Una (412, 156), Yasmin Vinograd (413, 161), Lilach Visnavski (412, 159), Vera Wallerstein (415, 168), Drorit Weissman (426, 218), Orly Wexler (446, 298), Itay Yaacov (397, 90), Shlomit Yaacov (416, 175), Adi Yair (416, 175), Ronen Yamin (individually, The Khnum group) (435, 410, 257, 149), Noga Yudkovik Etzioni (398, 95), Atzili Yuval (419, 187), Ofir Zandani (Cozi Studio) (411, 152), Ofir Zmudjak (446, 412, 301, 157), Liora Zonshine (424, 209), Noam Zonshine (424, 209), Ronit Zor (396, 86), Dr. Amit Zoran (444, 292), Karin Zur (437, 263) The numbers in parentheses refer to the catalogue pages featuring the participants' works: curatorial text (left) and photograph (right). 453

Merav Rahat, a multidisciplinary artist and culture, as a reflection of society, politics, and designer, independent curator and researcher values pertaining to tradition and technological focusing on the interrelations between design, art innovations. Everything can be found in the and culture; and Liora Rosin, an industrial designer, stunning exhibits, including art. curator, lecturer and researcher in the field of product development and strategic innovation. Our heartfelt thanks go to all of the Biennale's The diversity of specializations represented by participants and partners, the curators, designers the curatorial team has given rise to a fascinating and craftspeople, Israel Designer Craftsmen’s exhibition, which is rooted in the museum’s Association, the academic institutions participating longstanding tradition of presenting material in the Biennale Lab, and the museum staff, who culture, and its original and innovative integration all contributed to this groundbreaking museal and of different approaches into a compelling new artistic achievement. The result is a spectacular language. show that is translated into a compelling cultural narrative. We at MUZA hope that the Biennale’s The Biennale’s designer, Chanan de Lange, one comprehensive scope will turn an empowering of Israel’s leading designers, a senior lecturer at the spotlight on contemporary makers and designers Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and an active in Israel. artist whose works are featured in solo and group exhibitions, was the ideal designer and artist to deal As we embarked on the journey to create with the challenge of such a large-scale exhibition, the first Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design, which is also a work of art. The graphic designer, we all knew that we were boldly setting off on a Koby Levy, is a prominent designer and lecturer major adventure. The outbreak of the COVID-19 in the field of visual communication and cultural pandemic, which occurred as the exhibition was branding. The exhibition installation was executed being realized, added unique challenges to the by Omri Ben Artzi, OBA Studio, who specializes in plot, and the Biennale’s story will be forever tied the design of multidisciplinary exhibitions and to the pandemic that transformed our lives. The displays, including art and archaeology exhibitions. next Biennale, in the post-COVID-19 era, will likely reflect the pandemic’s impact. At the same time, the This large museum team was joined by current exhibition echoes contemporary concerns hundreds of artists, whose works were chosen with global issues, dealing with our relationship from among the 3,000 proposals submitted to with the Earth, the desire for endless consumption, the museum. The selected works reveal the and other seemingly prophetic themes that herald tension between past and present, tradition and what is yet to come. innovation, art and functionality, and range from laborious manual creations to works that make use The opening of the first Biennale of Crafts of advanced technologies, thus linking craft and & Design was scheduled for March 2020, during design to contemporary art. which, as in many parts of the world, a lockdown was imposed in Israel. By exerting tremendous As an archaeologist and anthropologist with efforts, we managed to complete the mounting a special interest in material culture, I appreciate of the exhibition just prior to the closure of all the deep meaning of the integration between cultural institutions, and the participants and their these disciplines, and the connection between past works have been eagerly awaiting this moment and present that is part of the museum’s DNA. of encounter with you, the visitors, on “the day Glenn Adamson, the key theorist of contemporary after.” Quoting the words of Tel Aviv Mayor Ron craft, speaks of “material intelligence.” From my Huldai, “When the Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & perspective, this idea can be expanded to include, Design 2020 opens, we will know that Tel Aviv has as this exhibition reveals, all aspects of material resumed its life as the cultural capital of Israel.” 454

The Road to Blumenthal Israel Center for Innovation and SthtoerByioefntnhaele Research in Textiles at Shenkar – CIRtex; the Media Exhibition Innovation Lab at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center – miLAB; and the Material Flow Collective. Dr. Debby Hershman Deputy Director and Chief Curator at Large, As part of our mission of artistic renewal, Founder of the Biennale we at MUZA seek to reinforce and reshape the museum’s identity as a unique site, dedicated I am delighted to present the story of the first to the presentation of material culture as a Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design – an representation of local culture. This sphere has innovative museum project that binds together all been given expression in craft biennales held at of the creative fields of material culture, rupturing the museum over the past 20 years, which were the boundaries of disciplines and mediums. dedicated to various materials. As we proceed into the 21st century, we aim to embark on a new This major exhibition, which extends for path, which will lead us to a new definition of the first time throughout the museum galleries, contemporary craft and design: a bold initiative displays, and outdoor spaces, presents a binding together of these fields and illuminating contemporary picture of the intersecting worlds of the scene of Israeli craft and design. craft and design – with an emphasis on ceramics, glass, jewelry, fiber, or paper – presented in In order to fulfill this vision, we have conceived intertwined displays. of the Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design in the spirit of the contemporary, global artistic tendency The 2020 Biennale, titled First Person. Second to rupture the boundaries between different Nature, features some 250 works: sculptural and fields. We believe that this is also relevant to the design objects, artworks, site-specific and outdoor presentation of material culture. This is due to installations, video and sound works, performances the fact that the fields of craft and design operate and collaborative projects. Taken together, these today in shared contexts, as evidenced both by works present physical and conceptual materials their engagement with new technologies, by their related to the local and global cultural spheres. sources of inspiration and by their creative stimuli, which affect each other and are influenced by one The Biennale, which is held in collaboration another. with the Israel Designer Craftsmen’s Association, academic institutions and the Tel Aviv-Yafo In order to realize this ambitious project, Municipality, features 300 Israeli craftspeople and we needed a professional “dream team.” Indeed, designers, product designers, fashion designers, for the creation of the Biennale, one of the most multidisciplinary artists, and architects, including comprehensive and challenging museal projects academic research programs: the Master's program undertaken in Israel, we chose some of the in industrial design at Bezalel; The David & Barbara country's most highly qualified curators, designers and museum professionals. 455 The Biennale’s chief curators are Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Curator of the Glass Pavilion and Curator of Craft at MUZA, and Yuval Saar, Chief Curator and Founder of the Illustration Week in Tel Aviv, Editor-in-Chief of the online magazine Portfolio, and formerly Head of the Shenkar Institute of Documentation and Design Research in Israel. They were joined by the associate curators: Nir Harmat, Chief Curator and Founder of the gallery ArtSpace TLV, formerly Chief Curator and co-founder of the gallery BY5, Israel Designer Craftsmen’s Association;

Contents 455 The Road to the Biennale Story of the Exhibition Dr. Debby Hershman 453 Participants 452 The Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Yuval Saar, Nir Harmat, Merav Rahat, Liora Rosin 451 Back to the Future 443 Heaven (and) Earth 427 Must / Need 417 First Person / Second Nature 401 You Are Here 391 On the Design of the Biennale Prof. Chanan de Lange 386 Labs 367 Dialogues 320 Catalogue *Pagination follows the Hebrew order, from right to left

Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design 2020 First Person. Second Nature Exhibition In collaboration with: Israel Designer Craftsmen’s Association Deputy Director and Chief Curator at Large, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem Founder of the Biennale: Dr. Debby Hershman Shenkar - Engineering. Art. Design Chief Curators: Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Yuval Saar Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center Associate Curators: Nir Harmat, Merav Rahat, Liora Rosin The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality Exhibition Design: Studio de Lange (Chanan de Lange, Yulia Lipkin) All measurements are in centimeters Graphic Design: The League (h=height, w=width, d=depth, l=length, diam=diameter) Exhibition Installation: Omri Ben Artzi – OBA Studio © All rights reserved Production: Barak Pony MUZA – Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Coordination: Nimrod Jack Eliezer 2020 Lighting: Michael Tuman, Arkady Likin, Nimrod Wachsberger Multimedia: Amir Ulrich Registration: Rivka Calderon, Alina Getzel, Shelly Neuberger Restoration: Sigal Benzoor, Marila Kon, Maya Delano Arabic Translation: Fawzi Ibrahim Catalogue Catalogue Design: The League (Koby Levy, Amit Menda-Levy) Hebrew Editing: Tamar Shenker English Translation: Talya Halkin Hebrew Proofreading: Eynat Dahan Photography: Hadar Saifan (unless otherwise noted) Printing: A.R Printing, Tel Aviv English cover: Lital Goldenberg from the series Between Me and Me, 2018 Graduation project, Dept. of Jewelry Design, Tel-Hai Arts Institute Photo: Roni Cnaani Hebrew cover: Ofir Zmudjak from the series Lanceolate, 2018 Photo: Hadar Saifan

Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design 2020 First Person. Second Nature



Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design 2020





Tel Aviv Biennale of Crafts & Design 2020 First Person. Second Nature