This gallery talk will dive into the research for, and creation of, the exhibition “Home Away from Home Away from Home: A Tribute to Workers’ Restaurants.” Yuval Sa’ar, editor and founder of the online design and art magazine Portfolio will moderate the conversation with the exhibition’s co-curator Liora Rosin, graphic designer Zohar Koren who worked on the exhibition, and food photographer Dan Perez, whose work is featured in the show.
What is a “workers’ restaurant” in Israel? The exhibition offers an ongoing discourse around this topic. It aims to disassemble and reassemble its visual, huma, and culinary characteristics through different prisms to help analyze complex questions about Israeli society.
During the gallery talk, we will delve deeper into the visual language of these restaurants. We will try to understand what are the collective characteristics which have already become cliches — think: menus on the wall, napkins that say “betayavon” — that signal to us that we’ve entered one of these places.
Tickets include a bottle of beer to enjoy during the talk.
Please note: You can also join a tour of Asif from 10 – 11:30 a.m. These tickets are separate from the gallery talk. To sign up for the tour, click here.