The Tel Aviv Central Bus Station is an architectural failure and the planning of the Chaos Guard. At the same time, it is a necessary cultural center for those perceived by some of society as rejects. The station is an example of the no man's land, essential for continuing social order.

 

Installation View. Part of graduate exhibition at Bezalel Academy, 2021. Photo: Stav Tsur, Anton Sverdlov, Ilya Rachlis

Every week for three years, Dafna Amira walk around the Central Station in its fringe areas with her gaze turned to the architectural structure itself. Just as space is shaped according to the inner image of the individual imagination, Amira photograph the station. As a detective in interrogation or a forensic photographer, Amira look for remnants or the absence of human actions in the station space.

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The station has spaces of an anarchist nature compared to familiar spaces, replicating every day and defining the normal through their own exclusion. These residues have different manifestations: accumulation, dust, dirt, neglect, inheritance, disassembly, assembly, improvisation, and randomness. Through photography and framing, these remnants become theatrical backdrops shrouded in mystery.

Installation View. Part of graduate exhibition at Bezalel Academy, 2021. Photo: Stav Tsur, Anton Sverdlov, Ilya Rachlis

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