"Exhibition HeartQuake seeks to shudder and shake, identity and otherness vis a vis anxiety; to highlight and stress the process of man's emotional contention with his environment, and also to peer through the prism of dread to examine his reactions, whether as aggressor or victim - all this with the purpose of attempting to comprehend and influence the dynamic of social and political relationships.

The outlook expressed by this exhibition holds that anxiety is a pivotal factor in the interrelationship between humanity and its world. In examining that connection, anxiety becomes a complex symbol; it does not end with man's sense of helplessness in the face of the realities of his existence; on the contrary, it holds a decisive potency both as warning signal and as existential utterance, whereby we can contemplate the meanings our life takes on.

The exhibition seeks to proffer for consideration the tension between these two concepts by means of a range of creative works that examine anxieties - national, ethnic and global - and a dialogue with the anxiety of the Uncanny, as defined by Freud (Das Unheimliche). These anxieties undermine and challenge the personal and collective connections within which humanity functions. (...)"

Raphie Etgar, Curator

Artists: Anselm Kiefer (Germany), Adam Adach (Poland), Alfredo Jaar (Chile), Andree Korpys & Markus Loffler (Germany), Anna Baumgart (Poland), Asaf Ben Zvi (Israel), Bettina Pousttchi (Germany), Boaz Aharonovitch (Israel), Charles Sandison (UK), Chiharu Shiota (Japan), Daniela Comani (Italy), Doris Bühler (Liechtenstein), Golinski Andreas (Switzerland), Dοuglas Gordon (Scotland), Ewa Harabasz (Poland), Guli Silberstein (Israel), Krzysztof Wodiczko (Poland), Magnus Bartas (Sweden), Max Streicher (Canada), Noh Suntag (South Korea), Paulina Wallenberg-Olsson (Sweden), Pavel Wolberg (Israel), Raed Bawayah (Palestinian Authority), Rafal Jakubowicz (Poland), Sarah Nind (Canada), Shai Kremer (Israel), Sraron Poliakine (Israel), Sophia Petrides (Greece), Stanisław Koba (Poland), Stephan Kaluza (Germany), Sue De Beer (USA), Vahram Aghasyan (Armenia), Vivian Bower (USA), Zuzanna Janin (Poland), Yael Bartana (Israel).

Museum on the Seam
4 Chel Handasa st.
P.O.B. 1649
Jerusalem 91016, Israel

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