As one enters the pavilion in Jerusalem, they are immediately surrounded by a visceral experience of floating through a field of wheat - the modern wheat that feeds the world. Superimposed throughout the experience are tens of varieties of ancient wheat. This stark contrast - in size, shape & color - is immediately evident creating a connection and reflection to the past and and raises the question - in our quest for efficiency have we lost local diversity and uniqueness?
The exhibit sits in the courtyard of the Hansen House and beautifully amplifies the historical building. Its ancient Jerusalem stone mirroring the color of the wheat and whose heaviness is in stark contrast to the wheat hanging effortlessly from the sky. Its distinct arches that give the courtyards its personality perfectly silhouetted by the wheat chandelier.
From dawn till dusk the experience one felt when walking through the exhibit adjusted according to the energies and colors of the day. When the wind picked up the whole exhibit shifted form and in doing so produced the sounds of nature - through this field of wheat - hanging from the courtyard of a building in Jerusalem.
