Ofer Laufer is an artist and craftsman who builds structures, objects, and machines. The artifacts he produces with his own hands, carry a very personal, technical, and poetic signature. He often places his sculptures in public spaces, creating interventions that respond to and influence the environment. Additionally, he works as a lighting and set designer, […]
Tamar Harpaz’s installations function as encrypted and shattered mysteries, scenes throughout which clues are scattered. They require the viewer’s presence and gaze, as a forensic investigator collecting findings that can be revealed in a slight shift of perspective or body movement. Her enigmas are constructed from everyday objects embedded within a web of optical and […]
First and foremost, Ana Wild is an artist of words. She is interested in the connections between language and meaning, and tells stories from the forgotten past and the unknown future. Her works explore various forms of learning and knowledge, appearing as text, object, or event. They offer mythologies that wander in peculiar ways to […]
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 […]
The solo exhibition by multi-disciplinary artist Niv Gafni was specifically created for Hazira’s main theatre hall. It consists of two groups of kinetic sculptures that tell a wondrous story about the connection between humans and the world around them. Under the hall’s ceiling, which transforms into infinite skies with the help of unique lighting, a […]
A musical visual performance by an ensemble of robots, sculptures, and kinetic dolls, who play original and traditional instruments built and adapted for each figure according to its physical and figurative character. This spectacular work was produced as a special musical project by Hazira in 2017, and was presented throughout December at Jerusalem’s YMCA. The […]
A mechanical jungle, complex and full of life, awaits onstage. The gaze that tries to penetrate the stage meets dozens of eyes that are staring back from a darkness that is crowded with machines, devices, lights, and whispers. Three people and nine robotic monkeys share one stage: after five years of meticulous manual building, the […]
Reliquiae is a general term for body parts or personal items left behind by saints. In certain religions, these relics, believed to have supernatural powers, are carefully preserved and often displayed. The exhibition comprises a set of objects moving on a plastic-physical-spiritual axis, which were developed through personal research into physical-plastic representations of the sublime. […]
