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                           LAYERS OF BELIEFS . VALUES . MYTHS — ARE IN CONFLICT AND PART OF OUR IDENTITY

Dr. Shlomit Bauman interviewed artist Talia Mukmel for Textura Magazine about her exhibition at The Lab. The project was created against the backdrop of turbulent times marked by the judicial revolution, the COVID-19 pandemic, and war, all of which influenced Mukmel's creative approach. Embracing a sense of uncertainty, Mukmel moved her workspace to The Lab, where over two weeks she developed installations using raw materials that explore her research into local material culture and her search for a sense of home and belonging.
The installations include pieces like Newspaper Carpet, made of wet newspaper fragments, and Exhibition Journal—a display of glass jars containing extracts from squeezed newspapers. Through these works, she reflected on daily life in Israel through news coverage, with the transparent liquids symbolizing detachment and pain. In another piece, she created a 3.28-meter-tall column made of layered newspapers, symbolizing support and connection to place and time. As Mukmel explained, carpets and other domestic objects held more than functional value—they symbolized cultural identity and family heritage, carrying the emotional weight of home and continuity. Through the recurring motif of the carpet, Mukmel recalled her childhood, especially the blue Chinese carpet her grandparents brought from Chile, which served as a space of solace for her. This motif in her work became a representation of stability within chaos, a comforting structure during challenging times.

Text from Interview summary, published in Textura Magazine, by Dr. Shlomit Bauman, 24.09.24.

Photography: Talia Mukmel.

TALIA MUKMEL

TALIA MUKMEL

TALIA MUKMEL

IN THE THUNDER

(2024)

Dr. Shlomit Bauman interviewed artist Talia Mukmel for Textura Magazine about her exhibition at The Lab. The project was created against the backdrop of turbulent times marked by the judicial revolution, the COVID-19 pandemic, and war, all of which influenced Mukmel's creative approach. Embracing a sense of uncertainty, Mukmel moved her workspace to The Lab, where over two weeks she developed installations using raw materials that explore her research into local material culture and her search for a sense of home and belonging.
The installations include pieces like Newspaper Carpet, made of wet newspaper fragments, and Exhibition Journal—a display of glass jars containing extracts from squeezed newspapers. Through these works, she reflected on daily life in Israel through news coverage, with the transparent liquids symbolizing detachment and pain. In another piece, she created a 3.28-meter-tall column made of layered newspapers, symbolizing support and connection to place and time. As Mukmel explained, carpets and other domestic objects held more than functional value—they symbolized cultural identity and family heritage, carrying the emotional weight of home and continuity. Through the recurring motif of the carpet, Mukmel recalled her childhood, especially the blue Chinese carpet her grandparents brought from Chile, which served as a space of solace for her. This motif in her work became a representation of stability within chaos, a comforting structure during challenging times.

Text from Interview summary, published in Textura Magazine, by Dr. Shlomit Bauman, 24.09.24.

Photography: Talia Mukmel.

TALIA MUKMEL

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