
Outside the box 2 - מחוץ לקופסא
ARTiq 2019.
Jaffa Old City, Tel aviv - Israel.
Curated by Liav Mizrahi & Dr. Yael Rozin.
Pictures by Din Roland Aharoni & Nahumi Hay.
June is Pride Month. This year, due to the COVID19 pandemic, national and international events were cut to the minimum or cancelled altogether. As we leave quarantine, art, too, is "coming out of the closet." This is the first outdoor exhibition in these new times, and we are happy to spearhead this much-needed cultural renewal.
ARTiq is proud to feature works by LGBTQ+ artists. Created in diverse media and techniques, these works reflect the unique voice of each artist, while offering a platform for a discourse centered on common aspects shared by the gay community.
Art provides a peek into the culture and society in which we live, examines our "place" within them, and marks new avenues of thought and new paths for action. Outside the box is yet another step toward creating a space for the members of the LGBTQ+ community within the Israeli art scene and the public sphere at large, making the invisible visible.
The Old Jaffa Development Company aims to create an inspiring cultural center that promotes unique art. The outdoor lightbox gallery is a natural, accessible place for the public to meet art. We are honored to display the works and worlds of LGBTQ+ artists.
You are on My Map
Already at the beginning of my journey in the architecture world, I discovered my love for maps.
I found in them the beautiful balance between a world flooded with details and technical data on one hand, and the freedom and graphic simplicity in different colors and lines on the other. Each place has more than one map and each map is different from the other.
I find such greater interest and challenge in maps than in white canvas, the lines and the colors guide me to find new and different shapes and personal interpretation. Maps have nostalgic and meaningful weight for me. Sometimes they remind me of my birthplace in Venezuela, trips I have been on or places I have not yet experienced and would like to visit one day.
In my opinion, the combination between nudity and the earth is a natural and called for. The meeting between the two creates a surprising, playful and sometimes even funny. The creation process begins with a photo shoot of a model that form the basis of the manual sketching. Then the search and integration to the appropriate map is being done.
The project goes through different levels of intimacy, within myself, between the model and himself and between the two of us.
The exposure, which is considered "taboo" and is done behind closed doors in the studio, takes the model and me on a journey, from a place that is private and intimate to one that is open and exposed to all.
While we were educated and were used to being ashamed of our own skin, it is precisely when nudity becomes a center of interest that hiding it becomes the source of shame. Social norms are being reversed through the power of the camera – the encounter forces us to deal with our naked bodies.
In my work, I seek to allow ourselves to remove the clothes, the masks and the shame that accompany us daily. Nudity, erotica and sexuality accompany the various encounters and myself, allowing me to develop, listen and expose myself as well.

























Illustration | Maps | Youareonmymap