Gateways
Credits: 3
Elective course for First and Second year
Asaf Elkalai
Asaf Elkalai lives and creates in Tel Aviv, he is a teacher and artist in the fields of installation, sculpture, photography, print, and video. He holds a bachelor's degree in photography and a master's degree in fine arts from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. He also studied art education at the Hebrew University. Elkalai has received the "Alubik" award and the "Young Artist" award from the Ministry of Culture. His works have been exhibited and presented in museums in Israel and around the world, including the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum, and the Knesset Collection.
A practical course in visual art dedicated to exploring the sources of creation — both the art we make and the art we observe.
Throughout the course, we will work in drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and multidisciplinary exercises, with the goal of developing a conscious and profound approach to artistic practice. We will investigate various ways of entering the creative process: What drives us? How do we observe a work of art? What is the role of consciousness versus the body?
We will practice planning versus intuition, engage in discussions about our works, and situate them within broader contexts of time, culture, and history. The course aims to provide broad tools that can also be applied in related fields such as performance and stage work. It is based on hands-on experience, homework exercises, shared readings, and presentations.
