The exhibition will open with a concert and a discussion by artist-musician-writer D.J Spooky on the relations between art, philosophy and technology. During the first six days of June (1-6 of June), the exhibition will host “Under the Hill”–a festival of active and cutting edge art in Jerusalem. Each of the six days will include a daily workshop or lecture on the subjects of the exhibition, and every evening an artist will mount a unique work with the participation of the visitors. Among the artists invited to stage events—Saar Székely and Keren Sheffi will perform a public-social experiment employing a computer software that issues random requests and order resulting in greater and unexpected complexities, Maayan theater will stage a docu-reading of the protocols of the economic committee of the keneset on the distribution of profits from natural gas, Anat Eisenberg will shoot a film in which the audience is the main character, Yonatan Vinitski will give s lecture/performance on sculptures in the public sphere, and the Picnic group will close the festival days with an audio-visual happening and party where everyone is invited to bring their own data and project it on the gallery walls.
From the June 12th, Art/Life will host A2 Company for a ten day workshop on “The future of death”. The workshop will include 40 local participants form varied background and interests and will concern subjects such as weakness and loss. It will conclude with a two day performative event on the 22nd- 23rd of June.
From June 14th, the Berlin based artist, Claire Waffel, will present her concluding project following a four months residency in Yaffo 23.
The artist Hillel Roman will design the public space of the gallery following the work of Austen St. Barbe Harrison, the original architect of the building who served as the architect for public commissions during the time of the British mandate to Palestine. Other than the post office building (where the gallery resides) St. Barbe Harrison also designed Rockefeller Museum, a building inspired by the arts and crafts movement, the Freemasons, and an orientalist approach.
Ayala Landau will design the roof-balcony overlooking the old city.