Sigalit Landau

This show featured two projects: the first centered on the olive harvest in Israel; four videos offered four different viewpoints of a machine at work as it shook olive trees violently, releasing the fruit so it could fall to the ground. Following the spectacle of the tortured trees, the silence of the open fields filled the screen. The harvesting machine featured in the show was an instrument designed to shake human beings and also interactively embrace the visitors.

The second project was the third variation of an installation in which an interior from the 1950’s was reconstructed. A home where women’s voices could be heard [dubbed in Japanese] emanating from the kitchen and the sitting room. The women talked about their lives and passed on songs and recipes. The magic of their voices and the evocative power of their stories were disseminated from the hotplates of the old kitchen stove, which were replaced by speakers. The absent women opened their intimate existence to the viewers.