While They Were Moving, They Were Moved
Noa Yekutieli
2015
(based on a true story)
The book, which was published in 2015, delves into the infinite dimensions of reality, what we call 'truth,' and what we consider a 'true story.' What has shaped us into who we are today? Are these 'true' experiences that we have personally undergone, or also those we have witnessed, whether closely or from a distance? Can even the 'second-hand' experiences of an observer influence us? Can stories from distant and different times affect us in the same way as our own 'true' experiences?
The work combines photos of nature, homes, and disasters on transparent parchment paper, layered with black-and-white paper cutting, creating a memory mosaic addressing struggle. Scenes of collective conflicts unfold through cuts and gaps in the black paper. In the reversal of pages, the viewer can manually dissect and reconstruct layers of images, time, and memory.
In the book, Yekutieli attempts to break and break down moments into layers, a deconstruction that is usually impossible when we are present in the moment and can only absorb, understand, and interpret what we can in the present.
The book concludes with a letter, revealing an individual's attempt to internalize its impact on the soul. Authored by Sarah Shilo, winner of the 2007 Sapir Prize for Literature, the book received support from Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts.
- Copies: 500
- Pages: 100
- Type of binding: Hardcover laminated cardboard with black canvas spine and overlap.
- Dimensions (cm): 23.5x30
- Reproductions: Avi Amsalem
- Printing: A.R Printing
- Type of printing: YMCK offset print
- Publication: Self-published
- Place of publication: Israel
- Supported by: Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts.
- Book photography: Yair Meyuhas
Noa Yekutieli (b. 1989, Fountain Valley, CA) is a self-taught American-Japanese-Israeli artist living and working between Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, and Brooklyn. Over the past decade, she has exhibited internationally at institutions such as the International Studio & Curatorial Program (Brooklyn), MAXXI Museum (Rome), Shanghai Himalayas Museum (China), Augsburg Kunstverein (Germany), The Israel Museum (Jerusalem), Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art (China), Kunstmuseum Ahlen (Germany), Bienalsur Biennale at the Contemporary Art Museum of Rosario (Argentina), the Israeli-Palestinian Pavilion at the Nakanojo Biennale (Japan), Petach Tikva Museum of Art (Israel), Eretz Israel Museum (Tel Aviv), Open Contemporary Art Center (Taiwan), Janco Dada Museum (Ein Hod), Artist House (Tel Aviv), and Wilfrid Israel Museum (Israel). She has held solo exhibitions at Hannah Traore Gallery (New York), Russi Klenner Gallery (Berlin), Gordon Gallery (Tel Aviv), Track 16 Gallery (Los Angeles), Gisela Clement Gallery (Bonn), Marina Gisich Gallery (St. Petersburg), Inga Gallery (Tel Aviv), and Knust Kunz Gallery (Munich). Her work is included in collections such as the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Marrakech Museum for Photography and Visual Arts, Serge Tiroche Collection, Rachel & Dov Gottesman Collection, Ann & Ari Rosenblatt Collection, and ORS Collection. Yekutieli has participated in residencies including ISCP (Brooklyn), Sommer Frische Kunst (Austria), Taipei Artists Village (Taiwan), Gottesman Etching Center (Israel), Reciprocity and Asylum Arts (Los Angeles), and Fundacao Arte e Cultura (Angola). She has received awards such as the Harpo Foundation Grant, ARTIS Residency and Exhibition Grants, the Israel Lottery Council Grant for Culture and Arts, and the Young Artist Award from OUTSET.
