"Conclusions from Eden" | Group Research Exhibition
An exhibition that combines botanical and zoological displays with contemporary art, offering a stunning exhibition space. It examines moral and environmental questions about our place in the world, particularly in the Middle East.
The engagement with Paradise is permanently present in culture and is relevant to our lives today. The story of Paradise serves as a gateway to myths, tales, and archetypes. How does this story resonate in contemporary culture? Why are there two creation stories of woman? Who is the first woman who was erased from the story and became a forest-dwelling bird, a woman of the field? Why did man specifically receive the punishment "By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread," and was this a marker for the beginning of the agricultural revolution and the accumulation of property?
This exhibition is taking shape at a time when more and more moral and ecological questions are creeping in about the meaning of our presence here, in the world in general and in the Middle East in particular – the Fertile Crescent, where the first permanent human settlement began, an area that now appears to be on fire like never before.
From here, it is fascinating to look back at the creation story and wonder – what is the meaning of this eternal story, and can this meaning change for us.
The exhibition combines botanical and zoological display with contemporary art, providing a stunning display space that oscillates between the wild and the tame. The visitor to the exhibition will move within layers of primordial-raw ideas; artistic symbolism from ancient times, a lush and yielding natural orchard, a pristine human body, the beginnings of hunting and animal domestication, and conceptual art.
This is an invitation for a moral return back in time, allowing a mental deconstruction of the myths and meanings that have been imposed on the fields of society and gender – agriculture and nature, intertwined in a unique and complex way.
Curatorship and research: Tema Krudo
Artists: Abigail Rich, Ella Shipin, Eldad Menuchin, Andy Arnovitz, Daniel Tzal, Yonit Kristal, Yaela Gatov-Kleiner, Na'ama Arad-Yairi, Sarah Benninga
Space design: Na'ama Rich
Graphic design: Rotem Cohen-Suaia
Carpentry: Shaul Weiss
Literary consultation: Prof. Rachel Elior
Agricultural cooperation and consultancy: Dr. Roy Ben David and Dr. Sivan Frankin, Volcani Institute
Zoological cooperation and consultancy: Prof. Rivka Rabinovich and the curator Gali Beiner, National Natural History Collections of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Contact for accessibility: Beit HaNessan office,
Phone: 02-5793702
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