Einat Leader

Middle East precipitation forecast,

14.03.10 -21.03.10

Israel, 2010

Brooch

Materials:

Silver, thread

Techniques:

Metalwork and needlework

Dimension in cm:

9 X 8.5 X 0.1

Artist Statement:

The concept of the works is to create a

dialogue through jewelry pieces in

continuation of my previous exhibition,

"Order has not been restored"- that dealt

with regional politics (Palestinian villages

in Tel Aviv) in jewelry pieces. These works

try to consider a different way of viewing

the region - the Middle East- a unified view

in the shadow of a regional environmental

crisis caused by global warming. This view

is not usually shown, in a temporary non –

political mapping. A mapping that is based

rather on the climate and the geography,

rather than nationalism religion and

ethnicity.

The slow craft of needlework and

metalwork is posed as an opposite to a

climatic moment. This is intended to

lengthen and metaphorically freeze a

moment in time of the climate: the

temperatures and the precipitation forecasts

of the Middle East during this current week

of the exhibition entry deadline (14.03.10

-21.03.10).