Artists Statement



I create from an inner experience that in given periods floods my field of vision, usually following a personal, almost trivial event - the birth of my youngest daughter, the recruitment of kids to the army or an encounter with the foreign worker in my local grocery shop. The event motivates me to take action. I submerge myself in it for months, even years, and what follows is a series of works. The trigger might be personal but in retrospect, I find that it relates to the disciplines of social and gender which are connected to this time and place - our reality of the here and now - 21st century Israel. In most of the series, there's also a historical and cultural dimension that influences and resonates into the work. 

My practice - from the choice of the camera, the way the photograph is taken - the location of the object, studio or exterior, to the display - the type of paper and the size of the prints, all change and result from the work itself. 

The choice of whether to shoot in the studio - a closed space that is detached from the context or outside in the clammy, concrete reality changes according to the work. 

I photographed 2 Women and Fan in the studio against a neutral background, black or white, lacking in details. While in the Orchards and The Rite of Spring I used familiar Israeli backgrounds of agricultural areas and the recruitment bureau.



In most of my works, there’s an introduction to the subject of time. Time exists in several layers: the present who is connected to contemporary reality and the hidden side that is connected to ancient myths. For example, in the series 2 women the same women are photographed over a few years (6 pairs of mothers and daughters from 2000 to the present) and the passing of time is evident. Besides the visible aspect, there is a hidden discourse between the photographed figures and the ancient myth of Demeter and Persephone. Or in the series In the orchard that examines the images of women in agricultural areas that are extinct, in relation to the secret myth of the Pardes, as well as in The Rite of Spring series, which presents the recruitment ceremonies at Tel Hashomer as ancient pagan ceremonies.



The articulation of the human body and the stories it tells are my main theme; gestures, facial expressions, the positioning of a hand, as well as the connection between the body and the space in which it is located and photographed in. I examine the connection between the body to itself and others, a connection between spousal or a group. 

I Delves into the changes that time creates and in some of my works, I create an archive of body gestures at different times and ages.



Recently, I have expanded my interest in body expressions to group gestures that are expressed in different types of movement. The interest in the movement led me to switch from stills to video art. Working with video art allows me to create open images and to use means of sound and editing.