In his observations of the cosmic theater at the beginning of the 17th century, Galileo Galilei witnessed three moons floating near the planet Jupiter. It was only later that a fourth moon, which was previously hidden, appeared. Through the lens of his refined telescope, he observed the movements of these moons as they disappeared and reappeared, each following its own trajectory around the distant planet. This celestial vision radically changed the perception of humanity’s place in the universe, leading to the proof of the Copernican model, which argued that Earth is not the center of the world but rather a small part of a large system orbiting the sun.
The exhibition “Four Moons” concludes the Art Incubator Project at Hazira Performance Art Arena in which four artists – Tamar Harpaz, Ofer Laufer, Merav Svirsky, Ana Wild – were invited to conduct material and conceptual experiments within the theater’s halls: to build and refine artistic mechanisms, to imagine, discover, and rethink the space of the theater stage. Each project stands on its own but was developed from a shared system of knowledge exchange that Hazira enables, while expanding its interdisciplinary approach.
At the center of each work developed in the Incubator are the relationships between performance and phenomenon. The encounter with the laws of nature, with the world and its secrets, is present in the works through a focus on image-generating mechanisms. The exposure of the spectacular mechanism in the imaginary space of the theater places the viewer in the gap between sight and insight, and in the magic it may unfold. In the elusive tension between doubt and its suspension, emerges a collective longing for a human moment of grace.
As in Galileo’s first observation, in the current vision at the theater, only three of the four moons of the Incubator appear. The exhibition’s image, which follows the moon’s orbit, is taken from an earlier work by Merav Svirsky, our partner in this journey. The project she developed for the Incubator was abruptly halted on October 7, and her research suspended. We long for the moment when she will be able to renew her gaze towards the phenomena of nature, towards art, and synchronize with the movement that she began in Hazira a year ago.
“Four Moons” was created in the framework of the Mifal Hapais Art Incubator Program, an initiative of the Mifal Hapais Council for the Culture and Arts
The works will be on display in two rounds:
Round 1: Tamar Harpaz, Ana Wild
*The entrance to Wild’s work will be possible every half an hour
Opening: 5 June, 2024, 12:00-16:00
Closing: 18 June, 2024, 16:00-20:00
*Please note that Ana Wild’s work is in Hebrew with no translation
Round 2: Tamar Harpaz, Ofer Laufer
*The entrance to Laufer’s work will be possible every round hour. Please pre-register here
Opening: 26 July, 2024, 12:00-16:00
Closing: 8 August, 2024, 16:00-20:00
Opening hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 16:00-20:00
Friday: 12:00-16:00
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