The Raspberry Land

Tel Aviv Museum
March 5, 2011 – June 4, 2011
Curator: Ellen Ginton
Co-Curator: Anat Sivan Danon

In the beginning, the collapse. And not just any collapse. Because what collapses is no less than a cathedral, or, to be accurate—the dome of the St. James Cathedral in Seattle, on February 2, 1916. It caved in under the massive weight of snow which had accumulated on it. There is a photograph to attest to that. What meaning may be ascribed to the collapse of a cathedral's dome? This collapse, imprinted in the beginning, may readily serve as a point of departure for contemplation of nature's neutral, unconscious might, capable of annulling human creation. It may also open a door to contemplation of the haughtiness, arrogance, not to say futility of human—too human—intention to force and establish man's presence and will in the world's stream of time and history.

Full exhibition text

Installation view
350 x 850 x 1100 cm
Plaster, paraffin, tar, ink, glass, rubber, hooks, wires, different metals, acid and fishbones
2011

Detail (moon)
Plaster, paraffin, tar, ink, glass, rubber, hooks, wires, different metals, acid and fishbones
2011

Detail (hand)
Plaster, paraffin, tar, ink, glass, rubber, hooks, wires, different metals, acid and fishbones
2011

Detail

Detail (section b)
Plaster, paraffin, tar, ink, glass, rubber, hooks, wires, different metals, acid and fishbones
2011
Upper view

Detail (section a)
Plaster, paraffin, tar, ink, glass, rubber, hooks, wires, different metals, acid and fishbones
2011
Upper view

Detail

Detail (ceiling drawing)

Detail (ship)
Plaster, paraffin, tar, ink, glass, rubber, hooks, wires, different metals, acid and fishbones
2011
Photo by Elad Sarig (studio lighting)

Detail
Plaster, paraffin, tar, ink, glass, rubber, hooks, wires, different metals, acid and fishbones
2011
Photo by Elad Sarig (studio lighting)

Detail (During the installation)
Paraffin and ink

Detail (During the installation)
Copper, tar and acid

Moon (dome)
Digital sketch

Preperation drawings
2009 - 2011

Image:
St. James Cathedral dome collapse, February 1916 (unknown photographer)
The dome collapsed February 2, 1916 after a heavy snowfall

During the installation
350 x 850 x 1100 cm
Plaster, paraffin, tar, ink, glass, rubber, hooks, wires, different metals, acid and fishbones
2011