Topology for Designers
2023 - Ongoing
In mathematics, the field of topology is preoccupied with the study of shapes in a manner that is independent of size and measures. This is achieved by defining properties of separation or connectivity locally at different components of an abstract space. These ideas generate a theory of space, organization and the politics thereof which this series of texts makes accessible for artists, designers and thinkers with no formal mathematical training.
(Text is in Hebrew)
Chapter #0: What's the Connection?
Chapter #1: A Digression on Topology
Chapter #2: On the Inside and the Out
Chapter #3: Persistent Forms open for revisions!
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New Atlantis
2024
"The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible”.
Francis Bacon, The New Atlantis
This project explores abandoned laboratories and scientific projects, conveying nostalgia for a vision of a better future and serving as a warning to the destructive power of a claim to excessive control over knowledge.
Hypertrophy
Mamuta Art and Research Center, Hansen House, Jerusalem
May - July 2024
Installation of a fully automated artificial greenhouse for somatically mutated tomato plants
Hypertrophy is a state of abnormal growth. As a response to a crisis, a wound that only seems to grow deeper, the body enters a phase of fast cellular proliferation in order to heal. This healing is usually accompanied by awkwardness, pain, and scarring.
As opposed to a professional sports team, Sportivo Utopia, the imagined team around which this exhibit is centered, does not seek to push the body to its' extremities. Rather, it turns its' gaze inwards and channels its athletic prowess into growth through healing. The team's strength is in its celebration of the creation of an unbridled life force. Sportivo Utopia fosters a mentality of abundance, giving all of it's members the place and food to be built anew.
A very special thanks to Nadav Rorlich for helping grow the plants for this exhibit. Thank you to Dr. Aviva Somech, Prof. David Weiss, Lebat Green, Ofir Kuperman and Michael Lach for donating cuttings and seeds.
Photographs by Hadas Hay