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Israeli Artist Explores Trauma and Memory in German Lake Installation
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Israeli artist Yehudit Sasportas has opened her "Lake of Void" video installation at Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum, featuring clay mines with Hebrew letters submerged in a German lake above a Nazi bunker. The work, part of the Jerusalem Biennale, explores memory and trauma, drawing from recordings made in Germany's Black Forest. The installation is a permanent underwater exhibit above a Nazi-era bunker and is part of Sasportas's "The Liquid Desert Project."
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- Israeli artist Yehudit Sasportas's "Lake of Void" installation is on display at Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum.
- The artwork features clay mines with Hebrew letters submerged in a German lake above a Nazi bunker.
- The exhibition explores themes of memory, trauma, and the passage of time.
- The installation is part of the Jerusalem Biennale and runs until the end of November.
- Sasportas's work draws inspiration from recordings made in Germany's Black Forest.
- The submerged mines are part of her ongoing "The Liquid Desert Project."
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