In this multimedia installation that includes sculptures, animation, video, and sound, Renana Neuman examines ways in which bodies come together and collectives are formed. The centerpiece of the exhibition is a two-channel video projection composed of footage from various museums and cave reserves in Israel. The work explores how histories and memories are inscribed, like etchings on the walls of a cave, yet occluded beneath the glow of nationalist projections. Another central element in the exhibition is a group of small, fragmented figures, coagulating into unique, almost geological, forms that destabilize the coherence of the self. Selfhood is revealed to be neither a static concept nor a wholly organic one, as the installation casts light on the natural elements, the landscapes, histories, and memories that are intrinsic to one’s ever-shifting being.
Renana Neuman, Playing with My-Self, 2024, installation view. Photo by flaneurshan.studio.