A Plant-Bed of Be'eri
Nivi Lehavi
2024
A Flora Index
The story of families from Kibbutz Be'eri through the plants that remained in their gardens and homes, after the events of October 7, 2023. The book, which accompanies an exhibition at Mazal Dagim 5 Gallery, and later opened at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (February 2024), is a record of an event that cannot be contained.
The plants were collected among the destroyed houses in the kibbutz, seeking to document a part of what was, and what was destroyed, along with what remained. To document the relationship built between people and their homes, and to understand the land on which they live, and on which life continues to grow among the ruins.
- Copies: 500
- Pages: 36
- Type of binding: Hard Cover
- Dimensions (cm): 13X21
- Binding: Nachlieli Print
- Type of printing: Offset
- Publication: Independent
- Place of publication: Tel Aviv-Jaffa
- Book photography: Leafing Magazine
Nivi Lehavi, is a multidisciplinary designer, curator, and creator. She lives and works in Tel Aviv, and teaches at Shenkar College. She has an MA in social design from the Design Academy Eindhoven, the Netherlands, with a BA in industrial design from the Technological Institute in Holon. In her work, she deals with social and political content while referring to current events. In recent years, Lehavi has exhibited in exhibitions in Israel and around the world, and curated design exhibitions. In 2023-2024 she worked, among other things, on commemorative projects following the 7th of October events.
