Ilit Azoulay

Studio Visit

Ilit Azoulay’s well-lit studio space is a welcome contrast to the bleak Berlin sky outside. Upon entering the space, we hear the recording of a warm, powerful female voice singing in Arabic. Numerous plants animate the studio—several sitting on the windowsill, a couple hanging from the ceiling in the middle of the room. The studio walls are scrupulously bedecked with hundreds of black and white photos. These photos are the source material for ‘Queendom’ (2022), the artist’s exhibition in the Israel Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale curated by Dr. Shelley Harten. Curious to learn more about this and other projects, we sit down together over cups of freshly brewed cardamom coffee on this somewhat gloomy day in May...

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