Mali De-Kalo Curator: Carmit Blumensohn
Mali De-Kalo stands out as one of Israel’s finest video artists. Her work springs from an ongoing
study of architectural spaces and their embedded socio-human contexts. To her, the buildings
she studies are not inanimate objects but living organisms that have a history, and embody power
relations and movements of life. In this site-specific exhibition, De-Kalo turns her inquisitive gaze
toward the Open University, forging connections between the building, its people, and their personal
stories, weaving them together into a visual and emotional experience.
The exhibition engages with its location by exploring the campus experience through a perspective
that binds past and future. It is comprised of two parts: The first part explores the campus’s
architectural and functional dimensions through singular Open University activities, including exams
held nationwide. The second features a series of interviews that reveal the human fabric of the
campus, creating a metaphorical encounter between the interviewees and the viewers. For More