The installation Despair originated from a feeling of helplessness in the face of Israeli violence in Gaza – systematic, ruthless and brutal. Gaza has become the conscience of the world, the best-documented genocide in human history. It is a holocaust watched in real time, in our time, the time of our comfort and, whether we like it or not or not, carried out in our name. Despair is a phantasy that palm trees could protect people from the hatred of others and death at their hands. It accompanies these victims with thought and hand. A hand that shapes the wood, smooths its surface, coats it with varnish. A hand that arranges the palm leaves, builds a shelter, checks whether someone’s gaze could penetrate between the fronds.
The installation is an invitation to intimate interaction, to shut oneself inside the sculpture.