Connecting Cultures
What?
A vintage European teapot and an Arabic coffee pot, joined by concrete.
Why?
To explore connection, identity and cultural boundaries — Israeli society as a meeting point between East and West, old and new.
How?
Concrete, a material everywhere in the Israeli landscape, acts both as a connector and as a boundary. The reflective surfaces put the viewer inside the conversation.
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An exploration of connection, identity, and cultural boundaries through material and form.
The project began with a simple question: what does it mean to connect two objects? I experimented with different joining methods and materials, testing both the physical strength of the connection and the meaning created by bringing two objects together.
The final piece connects a vintage European teapot and an Arabic coffee pot using concrete, a material deeply present in the Israeli landscape and architecture. The two ceramic objects carry different cultural histories, while the concrete acts both as a connector and as a boundary between them.
Their reflective surfaces introduce another layer to the work: the viewer sees their own reflection within both objects, becoming part of the conversation around identity and belonging.
The project reflects on Israeli society as a meeting point between East and West, old and new, and multiple identities existing within the same complex reality. Do our identities truly connect, or do they remain separate behind visible and invisible boundaries?
