Shulchan Aruch

Installation about borders and anxiety

A table is set for twelve, complete with cutlery, goblets and utensils…

A table is set for twelve, complete with cutlery, goblets and utensils. The tableware is ceramic, decorated with inscriptions and graffiti from checkpoints around Jerusalem. The tablecloth is decorated with patterns of the Jewish New Year and from the Shulchan Aruch – the code of Jewish rituals. The twelve chairs around the table are of papier mache. The Installation Shulchan Aruch is the voice of two artists regarding the Jewish-Israeli discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The graffiti, the newspapers and “the prepared meal” explore different ways of treating “the other.” They wish to juxtapose the extremes of Israeli reality and the ritual of sitting down to a meal. In presenting the reality of the dinner table the artists would like the diners to explore what is happening to them
in the milieu of Jewish tradition.