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Under the supervision: Einat Leader in Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

Material: brass

Picture: Gabriel Attab 

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The text on Sartre's existentialism influenced me in this way: every object has essence before it exists. A ring is primarily regarded as a ring and only later serves (in most cases) as such. This principle applies to all objects but not to humans. I exist before a purpose and meaning for my life and actions come into being. My choices allow me to exist independently of the environments in which I developed, although those choices are influenced by those same environments.

How could these thoughts be expressed?

The rings are the result of a creative process that remains as faithful as possible to Sartre's philosophy: the idea and perception as essence, the final object as existence, and the hands as the actor that connects them.

Here, the emerging essence in existence is realized through the object—in this case, the rings.

This series of rings reflects an exploration of inheritance and identity. There are four rings, each of which can be worn differently. The way they are worn is not intuitive and can sometimes restrict hand movements; this parallels the environments in which we live, which may seem pleasant but often impose themselves on the individual.

For example, ring number 2 represents my commitment to feminist ideology in response to the patriarchal Orthodox society in which I was born. The blessing 'Blessed are You, God, who has not made me a woman' is engraved on the ring, and it is worn on the index finger of the mother. There is a hole where the word 'woman' should be, shaped like a middle finger, representing a curse.

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