If you pass Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv in the near future, you will see a particularly strange spectacle.
No, not another endless queue for corona tests, but a huge "snake" that winds its way through the entrance plaza of the Edmond de Rothschild Center building, all made of crown plastic chairs.
The installation is the responsibility of designer Uri Shifrin Anavi, who is not the first to incorporate Keter plastic chairs.
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The chairs identified with bursts of spontaneous violence that in turn turn into viral videos are presented as a dragon or a monstrous snake in the spirit of the current era of trolling.
This chair snake, which consists of about 300 white chairs, is part of a design and art exhibition that will open tomorrow (Friday) at the Edmond de Rothschild Center.
Uri Shifrin Anavi, Photo: Michael Shevdron
The mysterious chair snake was put in place just yesterday (Wednesday) and is already arousing interest and reactions on social media.
The chairs were described as "the effect at the end of the solitaire game", and of course reminiscing about the battles of Yamit 2000, the pancake house, the party in Or Yehuda, the restaurant in Netanya, the brawl at Omar Adam's performance, etc.
Snake of chairs, Photo: Courtesy of the Edmond de Rothschild Center
"That's exactly why I did the work, for this mixing of opinions," Shifrin Anabi replies to the many and varied reactions to the installation.
"There's the human side on the one hand and the artistic side on the other, and that's how a dialogue is created between people. I'm glad people take pictures, ask and take an interest. It's really fun to see passersby stop for a moment and have a discussion, even among themselves."
A performance that immediately evokes unpleasant memories,
"Miscellaneous" is an exhibition as part of the first "Greenhouse" project for art and design of the Edmond de Rothschild Center, founded by the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation.
The exhibition opens today (Thursday) and will be on display at the Edmond de Rothschild Center until March 4, 2022.
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