Limbus: A Performative Event Celebrating the Closing of Nonfinito
A horse is standing behind a screen, with the image of a woman looking back. On the horse’s back rides a headless horseman. The horse, which is also a tent and a dress, sings a polyphonic composition. The song is an imaginary conversation between the horse and the lonely rider—a guardian—a fallen warrior perched upon the horse’s back.
On the front of the screen—locks and bolts mimic the dress of a woman, her gaze turned backward, looking at the horse yet unable to see it. The screen divides and splits the space into two: front and back, visible and hidden, real and imagined, life and death.
Join us for a closing event of the NonFinito exhibition, and experience the new collaborative work by Shahar Yahalom, Zohar Shapir, Ana Wild, and Ruti De Vries.
Thursday, December 5th, at 8:00 PM
One Day: A performance featuring Alma Goldshmidt, Kim Teitelbaum, and Haim Vitali
Inspired by Asaf Elkalai’s sculpture “Concrete Figure” in the exhibition Nonfinito
One Day is a musical piece based on the story The Heart and the Fountain by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. The story text appears as told in the play The Dybbuk: Between Two Worlds by S. Ansky (translated by H. N. Bialik). It is read, deconstructed, and sung by Alma Goldshmidt and Kim Teitelbaum to the musical composition of Haim Vitali, embodying a shared yearning between complementary opposites for one more day.
The piece is presented as part of the Nonfinito exhibition by Artport’s residency program alumn, commissioned by Asaf Elkalai and inspired by his sculpture “Concrete Figure,” placed in the exhibition space and performance area.
Protagonist
Sharon Zuckerman Weiser, accompanied by Nevo Romano’s violin, brings to life Uri Zamir’s work “Act One”
On a long clothing rack, theatrical props hang side by side, all waiting for a hand to grasp them and bring them to life, for a story to wrap around them—and us within it.
Sharon Zuckerman Weiser, with musical accompaniment by Nevo Romano, activates each prop in turn, releasing them from their status as mere objects and transforming them into a significant part of the narrative of life.
Saturday, November 16, at 7:00 PM and 9 pm
Live Podcast
Potot in the Salon: Remedios Varo with artist Esther Schneider
“Potot” is the only female-centered Hebrew-language podcast dedicated to exploring women’s art with women artists. Through biographical and astrological research, Riky Elkayam and More Suns revisit historical developments in women’s creative endeavors by focusing on a single artist in each episode. Together with a rotating local artist, the podcast conversation presents insights and invites us to reexamine phenomena around us. “Potot” calls us to seek answers from figures of the past, moving toward our future in the present time.
As part of Nonfinito, we will meet with artist Ester Shneider for a live episode. Together, we will bring to life the figure of Remedios Varo, a surrealist artist who lived in Mexico in the past century—a mystical artist who, in a short period, created fascinating, mysterious paintings. We will examine the connection to Esther’s works currently on display in the exhibition and understand why she chose to focus on the character of artist Remedios Varo.
Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 8 pm
Guided Intentions: A Tour and Conversation with Artists Moshe Roas and Miri Segal
Thursday, November 28th, at 7:00 PM
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