מדף || Madaf

“I have always dreamed of creating a book with my content that is a direct collaboration with the print machine operator.”

"I was very aware that as a German artist, I had a special responsibility in this project."

״The creatures emerging from the black space do not demand that we worship them nor do they position themselves as deities.״

"The stains and texual gestures make a space to trace the Self that creates and remembers, through which parental love continues to flow."

"The role of the designer is to 'hold' the project in other ways besides just designing and editing."

"Their books look at the objects left behind: the facades of the houses, the gardens, the land of what used to be called the 'Gaza envelope.'"

"The psychosis is pervasive. Nonetheless, I still want to believe in life and in peace."

"The artist’s book is an interdisciplinary performance; a cross section of the artistic creation and thought of an era and a culture."

"This is really a project of an Israeli tasting post-Soviet ice cream in Israel."

"Friedman's project is an investigation of the library as a home for muted family contents, religious yearnings, and historical narratives."