“Archeology of the Present,” the Israeli Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, was a solo show of works by Tsibi Geva curated by Hadas Maor. In keeping with Geva’s practice, often creating large-scale, site-specific installations, “Archeology of the Present” transformed both the exterior and interior of the Israeli Pavilion, blurring divisions between inside and outside, functional and representational, and abandoned, found, and manipulated elements. Continuing Geva’s ongoing interest in the notion of “home,” the exhibition used materials such as terrazzo tiles, windows, shutters, lattices, and cement blocks, which exist as fragments of what once was, or could in principle constitute, a home. The physical layout of the project created sharp transitions between experiences of blockage, discomfort, or spatial ambiguity and intimate, poetic moments, so that fragility and crudeness, or lyricism and violence were inextricably intertwined.