Gaon’s Salon
The salon will host designers and curators, listeners and speakers, thinkers and creators, questioners and responders, for a two-day occurrence of encounters and open conversations. Friday’s talks and lectures will be spent over a drink at “Hadir” bar.
On Saturday, a tour of the exhibitions will take place, as will talks with the designers, the curators and the audience, about the surrounding installations and the outside world.
A weekend of conversations about design and creation, sharing and solitude, conversations about raw materials, thoughts, sketches and mistakes, conversations about how we look back as we move forward. Conversations about time and place, local identity, East and West, ancient knowledge and new interpretation.
Galit Gaon – Curator, Creative Director of the postgraduate curatorial program at Shenkar, marks thirty years this year of curating in Israeli design and is a facilitator of its exposure among international arenas. Gaon has previously held the position of chief curator at The Israeli Cartoon Museum and Design Museum Holon.
Curator: Galit
Assistant Curator: Tom Cohen
Friday
A series of talks, meetings, and short lectures at Hansen House’s “Hadir” bar. Galit Gaon will meet with various designers and curators, alternating every half hour, to discuss notions of a near and far East, local identity, and contemporary design. Beginning at 10:00, the sessions will run throughout the day until 18:00.
10:00-10:30 Designers in the Middle
Rona Meyuchas-Koblenz talks to Galit Gaon about contemporary design in the Middle East. (Hebrew)
10:30-11:00 Local East
Four designers discuss the East and local identity. With: Rona Meyuchas-Koblenz, Roni Levit, Shira Keret, and Johanna Asseraf. (Hebrew)
11:00-11:30 Unfold
*** The talk will be held in English.
11:30-12:00 Taiwan-Jerusalem- Ben Chiu
*** The talk will be held in English.
12:00-12:30 Performing Tech
A combination of craft, interaction, design,and technology in the creations of six designers included in Jerusalem Design Week, With: Irene Posch, Talia Mukmel, Ori Topaz,Roni Yeheskel, Adi Yair, and Shlomit Yaakov. (English)
12:30-13:30 Break
13:00-14:00 Avsar Gurpinar
*** The lecture will be held in English
14:00-14:30 International Standards
A talk between Avsar Gurpinar and Oded Ben Yehuda noting the correspondence between various projects on view at Jerusalem Design Week. (English)
14:30-15:00 ***
15:00-15:30 Indianama
*** The lecture will be held in English.
15:30-16:00 My Heart is in the East – Design and Music
Gazing eastward, designers and musicians discuss elements that link the different mediums. With: Designers Eitam Tubul (Studio Grotesca), Gilad Bar, and Ecoute music ensemble. (Hebrew)
Saturday
10:00-10:30 Starting point – An eastern view from the top of the scaffolding. 10:30-11:30 Orientation + Camels is the air
11:30-13:00 Second floor – The Matchmaker
Visits to additional displays on this floor: The Common Thread, Boutique Shawarma, The Academies’ rooms, Still Life
13:00-14:00 Break
14:00-15:30 A talk and tour of the main exhibition with Tal Erez, Anat Safran, exhibition participants and international teams.
15:30-16:00 Club all
16:00-16:30 Patio – Drawn by Drone – FigLab Japan
16:30-18:00 Courtyard Get your Sunrise Here and additional installation in the Hansen House courtyard.
18:00-18:30 Sunset at “Hadir” bar – a talk with Tal Erez and Anat Safran.