“Dinner for One” 28/8/25
The installation addresses the theme of gentrification, often presented to society under the guise of absolute improvement — in living conditions, psychogeography, and convenience. In reality, however, established culture, community, and atmosphere are displaced, giving way to lifeless residential complexes for the affluent.
Such a process is currently unfolding in the A-Tikva neighborhood. Instead of fostering dialogue and genuine improvement, the state hands over the space to private developers whose sole aim is profit and reshaping the environment to suit the financially capable. New residents take out mortgages, cut back on simple joys like food, and expensive housing becomes merely a facade for their concealed economic realities.
The installation — a two-meter-long table and a tall step-ladder chair — is a reference to the capitalist ladder: unattainable, yet desirable. Passersby below see hanging grape clusters and the image of a lavish dinner. But upon climbing up, they discover it’s all a fake. The only real item is instant soup, uniting both “skyscraper dwellers” and those who live in the old buildings
Artists: @_polymer_@fruitdesignstudio
Event: לילה לבן by @telaviv.yafo
Curator: @yasharozov
Place: Hatikva market
Ph: @mela_wire
Special thanks for this project realization to: @yet_architecture@potatopavel@_g3orgi@__shegetz@galpstagram
