POWER LUNCH

This series came about while I was participating in an artists’ workshop on environmental issues in 2008. Back then the headlines went on for a little while about a world food crisis. Some people who looked at the photos said that there was nothing to do about it - wherever there are humans there will be rubbish and what on earth can you do with a banana peel? But none of it is rubbish, of course. Those peels are perfectly good compost material and that bread could have been kept in the freezer. Another reaction I got about those photos was that they “elevate” the food and give it some kind of an aura. I like the idea of giving our resources the respect that they deserve. Almost everywhere in Tel Aviv you can find food thrown away in the street. It is part of the natural fabric of this rather dirty city and it is easy to ignore, even when the headlines panic about a food crisis.

Some of these photos were included in my workshop final project and exhibited in a group exhibition in Jerusalem in September-October 2009 (“No Ladders to the Stars”)