Elements | Fields

Instruments built by Gai Sherf are placed at the Ticho House garden. They are activated by moving them, sending sounds into the air, like ancient devices of long distance communication and signaling. The garden, filled with sound-producing objects, invites spontaneous musical interaction and offers a space for listening and playing together. Through the evening, several musicians will join for an improvised concert, and will together create a sonic space and animate the “playing forest”, introducing other instruments into it.

The soundtrack for Talia Hoffman’s film “Man-Made”, which is featured in the exhibition “Recollection” at Ticho House, was created using the instruments placed at the center of the garden. The film follows the ecosystem of Yatir forest as a metaphor for Israel’s existence to the east of the Mediterranean Sea, and raises questions regarding ownership of the land. The performance, the film and the exhibition arouse contemplations of our beliefs relating to the earth, landscapes and nature.

The performance was created with the support of the Israel Museum and the Visual Arts Department of the Jerusalem Municipality