Shirat Ha’Yam is an online and dispersed exhibition made during the Pandemic; shelter in place order. While examining the healing properties of the sea, it is said that people tend to go to the sea when they feel sad and that explains why the sea is salty. It is also said that the sea is the place where one can purify and shed their sins away. There are infinite tales, poems, and songs about the sea, some which this exhibition explores—Shirat Ha’Yam / Song Of The Sea— is a biblical poem that is chanted every sunrise during morning prayer. It renounces the miracle that happened when Moses parted the sea in half to save the Israelites from their enemy, and by doing so guaranteed them freedom at last.

In times of lock down, collective fear, and inability to attend art shows, this exhibition offered a piece of freedom both, though art-object and by bringing the art show to the viewer.

Viewers were given the opportunity to permanently exhibit part of the show at their home by sharing a dream they had at sea.

40” x 30” inches

felt

2021