Wet spaces & urinated walls - a design/culture introduction

Speaker: Prof. Siona Shimshi

The biography of multi-disciplinary artist Prof. Siona Shimshi is intertwined with the history of design and architecture in Israel. Over the past 60 years, she has left a mark on art, design, curation, and academics, creating a rich body of work. In her lecture, she will talk about the historical and local bathroom, the connection between bodily excretion habits and sanitary ware, and the relationship between the body and the fixtures found in bathrooms and toilets.

A portrait of a cleaning lady 1, 2, 3 / Reading and speaking: Yonit Naaman

Poetess, editor, and activist Yonit Naaman will read her poems and talk about being the third generation of Zionist housework slavery, betraying the legacy of Yemenite housemaids, and aspirations of cleanliness in a dirty world.

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Photo: Rudi Weissenstein, The PhotoHouse