ALBINO HEART | Eitan Ben-Moshe
Aug. 31st - Oct 20th 2017
In the exhibition, the five light boxes which are on display, harbor sculptural elements fashioned of molten glass and an eclectic array of materials, illuminated by effervescent LED lights. Each of these boxes contains a miniature world frozen in time, with residual artifacts of internal light emanating from within. The light passes through transparent, dusty and fractured layers, reflected in shattered mirrors and shards of glass.
The light boxes offer the observer's eyes an opportunity to wander freely within their multifaceted spaces, in a whitened world, containing peelings of civilization, abandoned and broken objects, as if after a cataclysmic event of apocalyptic dimensions.
In certain regions in Africa, especially in Tanzania and Nigeria, albinos are persecuted because of the superstition that they are bewitched. In some cultures in West Africa, albinos' eyes, which are very sensitive to sunlight, are believed to have prophetic abilities and extrasensory perception. The exhibition title, as well as the exhibited works allude to Zen-like parables (koans), having elusive and sometimes contradictory meanings.
During the exhibition, the visitors will be able to listen through headphones to the song 'Albino Heart', written by Anat Tzachor, who was inspired by the exhibited works. The song is performed by the Lucid travelers band.
