Hora is a minimalist and clean photography series composed of three central images. Beneath the cold and precise whiteness unfolds a narrative of the individual versus the collective. The starting point for the work is the story of pioneering women who immigrated from Europe in the 1940s, driven by Zionist-socialist ideals to establish kibbutzim in the Land of Israel. These women, who arrived with dreams and a powerful desire to finally express themselves and fulfill aspirations of labor and purpose, often found those dreams broken against a reality that demanded adherence to familiar feminine roles and assimilation into a collective framework dictated by discipline and uniformity.
The use of origami, centered and purified imagery, and symbolic presentation creates a clean and abstract visual language. The images function as a language of signs, as quiet gestures that generate a symbolic system, drifting away from the personal to form a broader statement on identity, memory, and movement. The minimalism highlights what has been erased and what remains, the tension between a personal image and a collective symbol.
Hora is a blend of tribute and lament. It moves between the circular dance as a symbol of joy and optimism, and the quiet alignment with the collective - the loss of the individual within the whole. The dresses, captured from above, echo the iconic imagery of Independence Day celebrations and the Declaration of the State, where crowds danced Hora in the streets. It reflects both a fulfilled dream and the yearning that remains.
Untitled (1), Inkjet Print, 65×65 cm, 2020
Untitled (2), Inkjet Print, 65×65 cm, 2020
Untitled (3), Inkjet Print, 65×65 cm, 2020