Batsheva Hosts: Display Case

A rose bush rises from a mound of dirt. It’s contained in a glass terrarium that stands at the center of an insulated room. It is wheeled around, watered, nurtured, exhibited and mourned. It is some emblem of death comprised of living artifacts, ripped away from their natural habitat, in what might appear to be an effort of preservation. Uncontextualized life fragments haunt it, echo from outside the glass case, or a larger glass case the performance might seem entrapped in.

Like a living artifact, the piece unfolds through interaction that turns less and less sterile. Inevitably, what begins in morgue-like confines slowly spills out, changing the environment around it unrecognizably.

Drawing on their personal and professional relationship, Ben Green and Ohad Mazor, the creators and performers of the work dive into themes of gender, marriage, grief, language and migration, utilizing the terrarium to examine the ways in which the transient is preserved and displayed, idolized and mourned.

Batsheva Hosts, under the artistic direction of Dr. Lior Avizoor, is a platform showcasing works by independent Israeli artists from the fields of dance and performance.

Артисты: Batsheva Dance Company, Ben Green and Ohad Mazor