Freedom of Movement - Poetry Exhibition in the Carmelit

Freedom of Movement in the Carmelit | Haifa Municipality - Education, Culture, and Sports Department, Culture Division, Arts Department, in collaboration with the Makom Leshira Association - Proud to Present Freedom of Movement – A Poetry Exhibition in the Carmelit.

These days, the Carmelit hosts an exhibition that transforms the daily commute into a space of words, thought, and imagination. Between stations, carriages, and passages, contemporary poetry meets the urban landscape of Haifa, inviting a momentary pause amidst movement.

The exhibition - Freedom of Movement, will open at the beginning of June as part of Reading Month - Haifa in the Sign of Reading, spreading poets' work along the Carmelit stations and its carriages - a poetic journey in the belly of the mountain.

A festive opening of the exhibition will take place on Tuesday, June 2nd at 18:00, as part of the book fair event in Gan HaEm.

Behind the Exhibition:

• Curator: Rotem Atar
• Graphic Design: Studio Mika
• Production: Hagar Tzemachoni
• Accompanied by the Arts Department - Culture Division, Education, Culture, and Sports Department, Haifa Municipality

Looking forward to seeing you at the Carmelit.

To read the exhibition's book and poems click here

Invitation to the Exhibition Opening Event:

• Tuesday, June 2, 2026
• 18:30 Gathering and Opening Remarks. Book fair at Gan HaEm
  • Batya Kleit Brentel: Head of Culture Division, Haifa Municipality
  • Dana Ben Shalom: Head of the Arts Department, Culture Division
  • Rotem Atar: Director of 'Makom Leshira' in Haifa
  • Readings from the exhibition's poems: Hanan Sabah Teicher, Dana Goldberg
  • Music: Inbal Shafiriri

19:15 Entering the Poem: An audio tour of the exhibition in collaboration with Glam Theater. Entry from Gan HaEm Station / Downtown.

You are welcome to bring headphones and join the journey into the depths of the earth, which is also a journey inward into ourselves and the pulsating movement of poetry; a poetic audio journey between the stations and the poems of the exhibition. The tour is produced by Makom Leshira and 'Glam' Theater for Performance Art.

Carmelit Audio Tour:

• Original Music and Editing – Yoni Tal
• Artistic Direction – Noam Rubinstein
• Narrators – Noam Rubinstein, Shaked Nahor, Yoni Tal
• Melody for the song "This is the Time": Eliran Mazuz

For the audio tour of the exhibition - click here