מדף || Madaf

“The repeated action of the hand generates a movement that holds the tension between private experience and a reality unraveling.”

“I call my notebooks by many names: travel books, night journals, life journals”.

“Book design is a way of shaping how knowledge is perceived and received.״

"The kibbutz's streetlights saw everything beneath them: joys, tragedies, and also, a lot of boredom, endless silence."

"In the new city of high-rise buildings, without any trees or courtyards or shade, nothing—not painters, writers, or birds—will flourish."

״To regard matter as an active agent with inherent essence, a partner and vital driving force."

“It feels as if life is slowing down, and everything is about to collapse. Everything is obscure, yet clear as day.”

"The houses are lost objects, abandoned and gone forever."

"Changing the size meant redefining the grid and essentially resetting the entire book."

"David Tartakover's collection offers words for a text he sought to articulate in his work."