“Epigenetics” is Nira Pereg’s first solo exhibition in Istanbul. Pereg’s trilogy of video works, Ishmael, Abraham Abraham Sarah Sarah, and Ēsáv, will premier in the show. All three videos take place in the Cave of the Patriarchs, a series of subterranean chambers located in the old city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), the largest city in the occupied West Bank. Abraham Abraham Sarah Sarah was shown in Depo as part of the group exhibition “Shared Sacred Sites” in 2019. With this exhibition, Pereg returns to the space to show the complete work.
Nira Pereg, Ishmael, 2016, video installation.
Nira Pereg, Ēsáv, 2015, video still.