Appealing to

Human attention to the supernatural, the divine, the ineffable—this is the theme of a new exhibition in the contemporary art space. Two artists use various media to explore potential approaches. For thousands of years, people have been turning to supernatural powers to ask for protection and for their hopes to be fulfilled. Religious communities have found different ways to meet this need. In Judaism, tradition itself and prayer are of particular importance.

The special exhibition “Appealing to” presents two works that address this basic human need in completely different ways. Ofir Barak has used macro photography to capture the life of prayer slips wedged into the crevices of the Kotel, the Western Wall on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Michael Bielicky’s Seventy-nine invites viewers to speak. The media sculpture consists of an LED ball on a bottle stand whose projection also has an acoustic dimension that resonates in the exhibition space.