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Collective Womb
Avi Lubin
At the heart of artist Adva Drori’s exhibition *Collective Womb* is a participatory and performative action. Over the course of three days, in the pool located within the museum’s Mosaic Courtyard, Drori created three large-scale felt works made from natural sheep’s wool in collaboration with the community.
These works form the core of her new installation. The felting process, which involves intensive contact with a living material, water, and soap, generates both personal and communal interaction. The physical friction with the material evokes the human need for touch and connection, particularly during a time marked by social fractures and personal crises.
After the felting process, Drori washes the wool sheets. Through washing, the soft and fragile material binds together and transforms into a strong, durable substance that nevertheless remains breathable and alive.
From this point of departure, Drori creates a site-specific installation designed for the exhibition space. The installation incorporates various types of textiles, as well as tents, beanbags, and cushions covered with felt, wool, and fabric.
Drori transforms the museum gallery into a kind of collective womb, offering visitors a space in which they can linger, curl up alone, or engage with other visitors.
Against the backdrop of the bleeding, fractured, and fragmented reality of our time, Drori creates an environment of dialogue and empathy, where trauma and healing exist in constant conversation. Through this work, she brings together art, the body, and community. Her focus on traditional forms of women’s labor highlights the central role of women in leading social and communal change, connecting the traditions of the past with contemporary modes of action.

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