"A way of thinking" is an extension of the “Universom” exhibition, part of the International Photography Festival being held in the nearby Jaffa Port.
It was exhibited at START Gallery, situated by the flea market in Jaffa, and presented 20 works by a dozen Israeli artists drawn exclusively from the START Collection.
The exhibition can be imagined as a time-capsule of human material, sent to outer space and discovered by aliens a million years from now. The exhibition embodied the exact moment of revelation, when the aliens understand that the attempt to change planet earth and live within it, has failed. The exhibition addressed this failure both conceptually and philosophically, from a retrospective perspective. It discussed the notion of the artistic medium and act of creation, exposing it to an existential process.
The exhibition took a temple-like structure, with Shai Id Alony’s totems in particular, embguing it with a holy atmosphere. The exhibition wishes to discuss the concept of holiness on a metaphysical level, reminding us of our religious past and the ancient human necessity in faith, ritual and ceremony.
Furthermore, the structure is symmetrical and precise, with an almost obsessive accuracy.
This exposed the unnatural human need to construct order around us.
Curator: Sharon Toval