Shoes, on the whole, are an item intended to be used by us for walking, but a deeper look beyond the useful function reveals to us that there are messages of freedom, softness, freedom of movement, but also messages of restriction and confinement - of the feet and of the body.
In the new exhibition currently on display in Bezalel, the creators are trying to respond to freedom, movement, restriction.
The exhibition features shoes that reflect the planning, design and creation processes of students from the past six years, as part of the studies in the jewelry and fashion department at Bezalel.
Bound to move designed by Maya Kaplan / photo: Brianna Nickanger
The shoes are surprising and present different perspectives on man, his life, his culture and his world.
Their creation is based on a traditional body of knowledge, combined with one-off inventions, which were first developed as a result of the need to design and touch the material.
The design process tells a story through useful and wearable shoes, loaded with new meanings, which have the power to offer and create a different reality - a new user experience.
The items presented in the exhibition move in the space between the wild and the civilized, between the personal and the public, between the local and the global, between the contemporary and the future.
They express preoccupation with a variety of issues such as: gender and cultural identity, ecology, sustainability, technology, body image, protest, disruption and more.
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"The practice of design in the body environment expresses the department's identity and its uniqueness in the local and international arena," says Sheli Seth-Kumbor, head of the jewelry and fashion department.
"Through creativity in the fields taught in it, the ambition and dreams to preserve the environment are encouraged, to create a culture that enables a more egalitarian reality."
Among the unique designs can be found, shoes for hands for acrobats and circus performers alongside shoes that tell of a dream to fly after a serious injury and shoes that are a challenge to the familiar sneakers.
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Hadar Selsi, photo: Yael Moshkowitz
Shoes designed by Elodi Atlan / Photo: Alon Feller
Curator of the exhibition:
Shelly Seth-Kumbor, Eliora Lamer-Ginzburg, Kobi Levy, Yossi Parkash.
Exhibitors at the exhibition:
Abergel Ernit, Ezarzer Noa, Atlan Elodi, Einbinder Oded, Elbez Lior, Arbel Roni, Ben Porat Naama, Julian Noa, Goldberg Maayan, Goldstein Ganit, Germi Hadiya, Holzer Hila, Singer Hana, Hagai Tomi, Kahan Yael, Levski Yale, Nashef Islam, Siloni Bar, Selsi Hadar, Kedem Omer, Campanino Shao, Kaplan Maya, Cartes Ofir, Kerko Maya, Robin Noa, Rokah Nitzan, Shahar Gil, Sashon Roni.
Claure Art and Design Gallery Jack, Joseph and Morton Mendel Campus, 1 Zamora St., Jerusalem
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