Light Storm / Tel Aviv Museum of Art ✕ Dvek

Light Installation / An illumination in dark times at the Eyal Ofer Pavilion
Artistic Direction: Nadav Barnea

When light becomes material, and performance enters the museum.

In September, when the pavilion stands empty between exhibitions, an extraordinary large-scale light installation will take over the space.
Across two clusters of two days each, audiences will be invited to wander among monumental light works and experience unique, one-time encounters between light art, nightlife, and live local performance.

The events in the pavilion will be designed by Nadav Barnea and Omer Shizaf, two leading lighting designers, each leaving their own distinct mark on the space.

This project uniquely fuses the energy of nightlife with the artistry of light inside the museum, creating a new dialogue between club culture, live performance, and contemporary art display.

Within the installations, creators from diverse disciplines will present their responses to light and space: Asaf Amdursky, Echo, Gilad Kahana, Eliot, the legendary party line "Cocashock," Ori Shafir, Roni Hadas, Noam Inbar, Michael Getman.

Nadav Barnea

A multidisciplinary creator, artistic director, and lighting designer active both locally and internationally. His works have been presented at festivals, opera houses, and theaters worldwide, collaborating with leading choreographers, musicians, and directors in Israel. Winner of the 2024 Rosenblum Prize for Promising Artists.
In 2023, Barnea created the light installation BRING THEM HOME on the facade of the Tel Aviv Culture Palace, which became one of the iconic symbols of the struggle to return the hostages.

Omer Shizaf

Artist, lighting designer, and artistic director. His works explore light and the theatrical components operating within public space. As a lighting designer, he has collaborated with numerous creators worldwide, developing a unique stage-lighting language. Founder of the Ofnobank Gallery and Taar Gallery, and director of Te’a Machuga — a municipal center for independent artists and culture in Tel Aviv.

Light Storm is an insistence on light in dark times.
A multi-sensory experience that invites audiences to unite in an environment where light is the central raw material, with body and sound as its partners in creation.