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The Altar Hearth, 3rd Movement:
Pawns Court
2024

Exhibition Bezalel MFA Thesis Exhibition, June-July 2024, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator Prof. Dor Guez 
Mentor Nevet Yitzhak 
Philosopher Menachem Goldenberg 
Rabbi Ezra Yosefun 
Performer Dan Weinstein 
Documentation Daniel Hanoch, Yuval Steinberg, Daniel Pakes

Pawns Court is the third movement of The Altar Hearth tetralogy, and the 2nd constempllation. It’s title draws from the “Outer Court” of Ezekiel’s vision of the Temple (Ezekiel 43). The exhibition was open to the public for 16 days in the summer of 2024. Pawns Court evolved around a logical problem in Ezekiel’s vision of the Temple. This vision entails a detailed written architectural plan of the temple, impossible to turn into a model. This problem inspired activity and action, striving for factual existence regardless of it’s nature. 

Pawns Court was composed of nine sculptures, and a musical score (partitura). The score was placed on a stand by the entrance, along with a chair. it was performed twice, in two open concerts during the time of the exhibition. Pawns Court had two modes of appearance and operation, “day” and “night”, distinct by light and sonority. both natural and artificial. The transition between these modes involved a ceremony performed daily during the exhibition.