Time Collapsing, Routine Leaking: Cyclical Consciousness in an Age of Rupture

'Time Collapsing, Routine Leaking' proposes a space in which time no longer advances linearly, but instead loops, repeats, and resurfaces within everyday actions. In the aftermath of October 7—when fundamental notions of security, home, and safeness were abruptly shattered—the exhibition explores an experience of existence within a reality of fractured temporality. Disturbance reverberates from the depths, resonating inward and outward as daily life continues under the strain of internal rupture. In a video work by Merav Heiman titled 'Fine', a seemingly ordinary family meal gradually devolves into controlled chaos. The work challenges the notion of the home as a stable and protected space, while family members attempt to maintain a functional routine even as the situation collapses around them. Adi van Velsen's installation 'Hourglass' addresses the failure of personal protection and the helplessness that leads to desperate action. The artist constructs a protective vest from plastic sand-filled ice bags, however the sand continuously leaks, leaving the vest hollow and ineffective. Alongside, simple plastic bags steadily spill sand onto the floor. The work becomes a physical image of time slipping away, dissolving routine, and repetitive action producing no real change. From his series 'Exposed', Moshe Tarka presents large-scale totems carved from white plaster to reveal figures and symbols embedded within the sculptures. This work offers a restrained sense of hope, suggesting that the possibility of healing and consolation endures, even within a fractured reality.