✨ I’m thrilled to announce the opening of a new art installation in the heart of New York City!
A year after graduating from Bezalel Academy, I landed in New York as an intern at an architecture firm. We worked long hours—early mornings to late nights—alongside an incredible team of dreamers from all over the world. On those extra-long days, we’d sneak out for gelato at Eataly, just a few blocks away, in the beautiful building at 200 Fifth Avenue, right across from the Flatiron.
Fast forward a few years—life came full circle.
I was invited by curatorial firm Standart Arts to participate in a competition for a rotating art installation, commissioned by BXP, the real estate company that now owns the same Fifth Avenue building where I once caught my breath between CAD drafts and 3D models.
This work draws on my personal story—and the stories of countless others—who spend endless days and nights in the modern city, often disconnected from nature and from the quiet moments that give us meaning.
For over a month, I recorded live-streamed videos of the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets I could find—from Australia, Japan, the Caribbean, and beyond—and wove them into a seamless video. That footage is now projected through LED rear-projection onto the building’s walls.
The piece is inspired by the research of Dr. Alex Smalley at the University of Exeter, who studies how virtual nature—especially sunrises and sunsets—can positively impact mental well-being.
The installation will be on view through the end of the year, offering a moment of pause for every visitor and worker passing through—to catch the sunrise or sunset they might otherwise miss.
Huge thanks to the team that made this possible:
@_standardarts , my curator, for your trust and creative freedom
@uriel.guy - The project engineer and LED wizard
@sefibartov - refining details
@vika_libman & nir dellus - research support
@blaineduh - photography
@chromaticfas - Handling service
And to everyone who helped along the way!
