Beresheet | Genesis | Series of 25
Hill I (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2018
Hill II (Rocks), Israel, 2018
Hill III (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2018
Hill IV (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2018
Hill V part 1, 2 (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2018
Line III (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2018
Hill VI (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2018
Horizon I (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2017
Horizon II (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2017
Hill VII part 1 & 2 (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2017
Untitled I (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2017
Untitled II (Gvanim), Israel, 2018
Untitled III (Gvanim), Israel, 2017
Rock Pile (Gvanim), Israel, 2018
Dirt Road (Gvanim), Israel, 2018
Line I (Yeruham), Israel, 2018
Line II (Yeruham), Israel, 2018
Untitled IX (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2018
Untitled IV (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2018
Untitled V (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2017
Untitled VI (Yeruham), Israel, 2017
Wind Blowing (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2020
Untitled VII (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2020
Line IV (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2020
Series of 25
Untitled VIII (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2020
Hill VIII (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2020
Horizon III (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2017
Sinkhole (Ramon Crater), Israel, 2020
Genesis | Beresheet | Series of 25
The body of work Genesis | Beresheet has been created during repeated trips to Israel's south, the Ramon Crater and the Yeruham area.
This work is not intended to describe these places according to their geographical identity but rather as a place where time beats in a slow rhythm, in an open space devoid of real existence. The Hebrew word 'Beresheet' literary means 'In the Beginning', the first sentence in the scriptures, referring to the moment of creation. I photograph landscapes that combine aesthetics with a mystical sphere and a form of abstraction, out of a desire to create a connection between the visible spaces and those that exist within ourselves. In this, I propose a metaphoric interpretation of an image that moves between power and frailty. In comparison to an earlier series, I made, 'Tidal' and 'Water Night', which among other issues, deal with the question of whether the sea has a memory? In this body of work, time stands still and embeds the memory of creation within the layers of the environment.
Lior Herchkovitz, Tel Aviv, 2018