constanat veriable

Duo Exhibition Liat danieli with Hadas Duchan
Curator: Hadasa Cohen
2022

Since outbreak of the global epidemic, the feeling of uncertainty has been present in our

daily lives. Economic, institutional, and social systems have been undermined, shut down, or discontinued. However, the Earth’s rotation around the sun continued to exist, the seasons changed, the sun continued to shine above us and illuminate, and the moon continued to surround us every month in a regular cycle.

In the exhibition Constant Variable, Liat Danieli and Hadas Duchan, use the fixed variables in nature, collaborating with them in order to create a space of certainty within the existing reality. In their joint work, they bring the earth, the sun, and the moon into the gallery space, routing them, processing, and growing with their help potatoes which transform into a perishable sustainable material.

The exhibition consists of installation works through which Danieli and Duchan go through the various stages in the transformation process – from the growth of the potato tuber to its transformation into a bioplastic material

Two cubic meters of earth were brought into the gallery, and the gallery’s storefront window was sealed, transforming the exhibition space into a closed ecosystem. Visitors were invited to bury their wishes in potatoes, which were then planted in the soil. At the center of the space stood the “Lighthouse”- a potato peeler that continuously peeled the potatoes, the discarded skins falling onto a mound of salt. In the smaller room, we produced 2.2-meter-high sheets of bioplastic made from potato starch, embedded with a photoluminescent material. Every three seconds, the light in the room went out. In the darkness, the sheets emitted light, revealing a galaxy of stars.