Galit EINAV project – 1500 matches
I publish every day a single match. My project consists of 1500 inimitably manipulated matches, which represent the voiceless victims of women trafficking
Tackling Domestic Violence & Slavery, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – November 26th (asafeworldforwomen)
Galit Einav, 50, decided to make a change in her life and learn jewelry design at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. The college is located in a very shady area of the stock market building.
« In the four years I’ve been learning in Shenkar*, I could not ignore its surroundings: cafes, shops, and area of visible institutes, hidden institutes, many employed women who [were] brought forcibly. And no one cares. My dissertation was devoted to these women. [My] Motif of ‘Use and Throw’ turned matches into women, feelings, pendants, plugs, wires, and pearls.
Every woman is a one of a kind – but there are women who are not, who are transparent, traded, missing and are for use only. In my project of more than 1,500 matches, I will present one match everyday – for them.”
“For the sake of these women”, says Galit, « hold a second every day …”
Une seconde par jour.
Chaque femme est unique en son genre – mais il y a des femmes qui n’existent pas. Elles sont translucides, instruments, disparues destinées à être uniquement utilisées. Le projet de plus de 1500 allumettes et d’introduire chaque jour une allumette pour elles. Prendre une seconde par jour. Non pour « L’ user et la jeter ».
An installation arranged in relation to women, their emotions and body. Some see the woman as a whole entity and others perceive her as an object. Every match is disposable, burning and may be used and thrown. (Artsthread)
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