The Golem represents a mythological gure in
Jewish history and a prominent theme in Jewish mystical thought- Kabbalah. It
inspired my installation Sodot (Secrets) at the Hebrew University Mount Scopus
Campus in Jerusalem, later on it inspired the Golem.
In Jewish folklore a Golem
is an animated anthropomorphic being, magically created entirely from laminated
matter, it can be infused with life by its creator.

And serves to protect and bene t the community. However,
it also has the power to turn on its creator.
Description of the work:
The
Series borrows the image of the cocoon (Golem in Hebrew) from biology. The
cocoon serves to separate a miraculous process from the prying eyes of the
world
And thus, in the dark a crawling caterpillar morphs into a ying butter y.

The objects in the series are big organic
looking imaginary cocoons, however unlike the biological cocoon they are made
of unvarnished stainless-steel wire and do not conceal anything.
Inside the
wire cocoon there is an unstructured looking object made of semitransparent
glass that carries on a dialogue with light.

The beautiful stainless cocoon with the glass
object inside reminds one of a big piece of Jewelry while at the same time
hints of an organic living creature. Furthermore, it hangs from the ceiling
literally and metaphorically.
The series represents Jewish exegesis (Pardes in
Hebrew) literal, symbolic, comparative and mysterious (given through
inspiration or revelation.

The image of Golem and the cocoon as its
metaphoric expression, contains in it primeval fears and our yearning for the
sublime, via incorporating the ability to create so as to utilize it for the
human needs of individual and community.
The story of the Golem raises
questions about creation, life, meaning of life and what it means to be human.

“Golem” participates in the “Golem” exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin in 2016.