Hope Breaks Boundaries | Group Exhibition
In a emotional reality of uncertainty, pain, and the ongoing effort of daily endurance, hope is not only an uplifting feeling about the future, but an active mental capacity, both cognitive and emotional, that enables us to act, orient ourselves, and believe. Hope consists of the ability to imagine new pathways for moving forward — and the inner belief that we can walk upon them.
When we create, imagine, or hold a vision of the future — we create a space for hope.
Especially now - after October 7th, within a reality of war, grief, anxiety, and the collapse of certainties - art becomes a space of reflection, control, and repair. It does not avoid reality but enters it, seeking to heal it from within, through a movement that is at once delicate, attentive, material, and imaginative.
From collapsing matter to an eye filled with wonder, the art works in the exhibition move between different constellations of hope. Some confront the breakdown of familiar symbols and rebuild them into new meanings, embodying the possibility of regeneration and healing. Others reach a deep connection with nature and the eternal, connecting material and time, while others explore the linkage of past, present, and future.
Many of the works echo the human longing for connection, empathy, and tenderness. In a reality of rupture, they illuminate the essential power of gentleness and enabling wonder, imagination, and innocence.
The participating artists invite us to open our minds to the vastness of mystery, to surrender to the unknown. They remind us of the strength found in tenderness, in humor, and in imagination. This movement - from pain to wonder, from past to future, from restraint to freedom, from the material to the imagined and back again - is in and of itself the gesture of hope breaking boundaries.
Participating Artists:
Daniel Mano-Bella, Inbal Lotan, Peleg Maccamel, Dena Simonyan, Yana Volkov, Tzvia Zlotorinsky, Guy Saar, Yoav Roda, Sharona Efrat, Asia Weisberg, Nof Lotan, Abd Al-Salam Saba, Michael Alvarez-Ferreira, Gabi Re’anan, Ella Duhovni, Claude Moshe Camon, Udi Shefer, Ayala Elbaz, Batya Malka, Katya Korin, Vered Bar, Daphna Markman-Sinemans, Mila Dorfman, Ron Geva, Esther Katz, Natalia Volkov, Deri Tzuraon, Rina Stern.
About the collaborators:
Artist and initiator exploring the deep meaning of hope, asking how it becomes a source of creative energy and a boundary-breaking force that connects people and nature.
A social initiative raising awareness of mental health in the public sphere through culture, art, and dialogue.
Curator and textile artist. Through her curatorial and artistic practice, she interlaces memory, traditional handcraft and communal participation to shape spaces that cultivate renewed hope and a collective sense of belonging.
A hosting space by INTU Reality, created to bring together organizations, individuals, and ideas. A place for inner and outer reflection, where we are free to ask questions, talk about what concerns us, and create social and civic impact together.