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דממה רועשת: אמנות וסאונד

Overtones: Sound and Art


  • Date iconFebruary 17 2026 - December 31 2026
  • Curator: Talia Amar
           Assistant Curator: Alisa Kanevskiy
  • Designer: Ariel Armoni
            Project Manager: Itamar Bernstein
  • Nathan Cummings Building for Modern and Contemporary Art, Covered Passage, Art Garden

For the first time at the Museum, an Exhibition devoted to works that take sound as their point of departure. Inspired by John Cage’s seminal 4'33", it explores meanings ascribed to music, sound, and image, featuring works from the Museum’s collections, international loans, and site-specific pieces by leading Israeli artists.

 

Among the participant artists:

John Cage, David Behar-Perahia, George Brecht, Raya Bruckental, Hannah Collins, Meital Covo, Belu-Simion Fainaru, Fluxus Artists, Nif Gafni, Guy Goldstein, Victoria Hanna, Hans Jenny, Joe Jones, Wassily Kandinsky, Idris Khan, George Maciunas, Itamar Mendes Flohr, Joshua Neustein, OFFBiT Collective, Irving Penn, Francis Picabia, Anat Propper Goldenberg, Man Ray, Ugo Rondinone, Uri Weinstein, Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Samson Young, Dor Zlekha Levy, Eran Sachs, Yifat Ziv and Daniel Meir

 

Yasuhiro Yoshioka, Japanese, 1934–2002
John Cage in Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto, 1962
Exhibition copy
Courtesy of the John Cage Trust, Red Hook, NY
Guy Goldstein, born Israel 1974
Freigedank (Free Thinker), 2017
Multi-channel sound and video installation: 16 sound channels, 5 video channels, wooden and metal chairs, radio transmitters, radio receivers,
projected video animation converted to music
Private collection
Itamar Mendes-Flohr, born Israel 1979
Ghost Interference, 2022
Installation: 50 engines, amplifier, wires, wood
Purchase, “Here & Now” Contemporary Israeli Art Acquisitions Committee, Israel
B23.0172
David Behar Perahia, Israeli, born France 1969, active Florence, Italy
The Valley of the Cross Sound Passage, 2026
New site-specific work
Two-channel video projection and stereo sound; 14:44 mins.
Composition and bell development: Daniel Davidovsky
Dramaturgy, choreography: Sharon Gal
Costume design and production: Ronen Levin
Collection of the artist
Uri Weinstein, born Israel 1992
Epilogue, 2026
New site-specific work
Sound installation: speakers, white shirts, metal stands, 4:34 mins.
Musical production and performance: Avshalom Hasfari
Tailoring: Elena Barash
The work includes the musical piece Song for Peace; composer: Yair Rozenblum, lyrics: Yaakov “Yankele” Rotblit
Rights management for Yair Rozenblum – Tson Barzel Music Ltd.
Rights management for Yaakov Rotblit – Hadar Geller
Collection of the artist
Modular MOOG synthesizer, USA, 1969
Walnut wood, plastic, electronic components, metal, glass bulbs, paper stickers
Department of Musicology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Museum Admission Tickets