Is a home a nest or a fortress, a shelter or a refuge, a dwelling place or a place from which we dream of the outside? Through these quandaries the piece sketches a house gradually emptied – visually as well – of its concepts, of the objects populating it, and abandoned. Concurrently, the exterior is in constant motion, reflected through the house windows as a sequence of nature, freedom and space. The viewer’s gaze shifts from the interior to the exterior, from the house that is no longer a ‘home’ to the constantly moving outdoors.
The notion of ‘home,’ addressed by Paz in her earlier works, is revisited here through its affinities to family, interpersonal relations, self-identity, immigration, childhood memories and departure.
Sahar Shalev
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