#rattanandmud

[m-e-i-t-a-l-k-m]

Now on view at @liebling_haus New Connections with Whom it’s There Installation, 2022 Curators: @shira_lb and #anatlevy Photography: @sallykrysztal A psychological state known as animism attributes life force, soul and human characteristics to nature, inanimate objects and incorporeal beings such as ghosts or other non-humans. It is in fact the humanization of beings or objects that allows one to create a soulful connection with them. That's what happened during my visits/encounters as an artist with the building on Bar Giora Street. Through my research, the building gained life and character enabling the formation of a link between us. The building went from being a complete stranger into becoming a new acquaintance as the dialogue and the relationship between us unfolded. Spirit and matter, no longer dichotomous terms but interweaved, were revealed to me through the place and its surroundings with its wealth of formal (architectural) and materials elements. I came to regard them as lived realities* a primal, non-hierarchical experience, a meeting with the materia prima of being. The material expression of that being is embodied in the finished object, and in the processes and various materials constituting it. Creating my own materia prima generates the animistic conception. Gathering and processing materials from the near surroundings establishes a dialogue between the environment and the objects it contains. It might sound like a magical act, but it happens as part of the daily routine. . . . #neoanimism #animism #mudsculpture #sustanableart #weaving #rattanandmud #oilpainting #khantastichoncanvas #meitalkatzminerbovisualartist (at Liebling Haus -The White City Center - בית ליבלינג - מרכז העיר הלבנה) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnqtfX3tqNp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=