Between a break and a breakdown. Jewelry as a mirror of our times

Artist list

Hakan Aktuğ, Şenay Akın, Filiz Ateş, Sara Bacsh, Feyzal Baykut, Einav Benzano, Burcu Büyükünal, Dania Chelminsky, Ela Cindoruk, Canan Durukal, Gözde Erdoğan, Keren Gispan, Rill Greenfeld, Efrat Habani, Ezgi Okur, Nazan Pak, Moriah Pollack Levine, Sara Shahak, Burcu Sülek, Leyla Taranto, Aisegul Telli, Deniz Turan, Gülnur Özdağlar, Selen Özus

Undoubtedly, the current era of forced breaks (lockdowns) and social alienation has greatly affected us, as individuals and as a society. The plague has disrupted and changed the reality familiar to us; the lifestyle as we knew it has changed from one end to the other. It caused, at once, a fundamental change in the patterns of life, the economy, and society, caused a rift, a turning point, and introduced another layer into our lives, a layer of instability, of uncertainty, which obscures reality. The plague highlights the fragility of existence for us and emphasizes, more than ever, existing problems, but on the other hand, it has opened a window for general, multi-systemic change, internal and external, personal and institutional.

The participants of the exhibition raise questions about the seam line that separates a break as a short period, as a space between actions and inaction, and our breakdown as individuals and as a society. How has the plague affected our mental state? Our interpersonal relationships, between spouses? Between parents and children? Between friends? Between colleagues at work? And even among strangers? What has changed in our priorities? In our ambitions? Has a period that is characterized primarily by uncertainty intensified our fears? Or, on the contrary, erased them?

The exhibition is the product of active discourse, meetings, comments, and enlightenment between 24 Contemporary jewelers living in different realities, at different stages in life, Turks and Israelis, who were divided into eight groups, each group chose the angle through which they examine or addresses the issue. The exhibition is part of the 5th edition of The Jerusalem Biennale, which will take place in November-December 2021 under the title of Four Cubits.

Opening:

Tuesday, 16 November, 7 pm.