Table of the Lost Assets
Erez Harodi & Nir Nader
1993
In 1993, Nader and his partner photographer Erez Harodi held an exhibition The Act of Photography in the Confession Box at Bograshov Gallery, accompanied by the book Nikhsey HaShulḥan HaAvudim. The exhibition dealt with how bereavement is used in Israeli society to promote the war industry, and presented the State as a dysfunctional family, revealing the rituals and aesthetics that shape the work of commemoration and the sanctification of death in the collective consciousness.
- Copies: 1000
- Type of binding: Hardcover
- Dimensions (cm): 15.5X22
- Printing: Kal Press
- Type of printing: Offset
- Place of publication: Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
- Book photography: Leafing Magazine
- ISBN: 9652222976
Nir Nader is an artist and activist operating in the space between art and politics, continuously exploring power dynamics between public institutions and the individual. In the 1990s, together with artist Erez Harodi, he created a series of artistic actions that examined the relationship between capital and government within Israel’s cultural establishment. Their collaborative work Preparation for the High Court (1993), presented in the plaza of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, addressed questions of ethics, institutional responsibility, and conflicts of interest—and generated widespread public resonance. The project involved the symbolic purchase of a share in a company tied to the museum’s board, the use of legal tools, a public call for artists to acquire shares, and the staging of a ceremonial “Fire Roll Call” in the museum’s public square. The action received media coverage and was supported by attorney Avigdor Feldman and journalist Adam Baruch.
Erez Harodi is a photographer and visual artist who has recently returned to exploring themes of trauma and family memory. After being known in the 1990s as a conscientious objector and vocal critic of art commercialization, he now presents an exhibition centered around the safe room in which the Kedem-Siman-Tov family was murdered—a poignant mosaic of pain, devastation, and helplessness.
