Hall Talk 13 – A Passage of Lingering 

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New Gallery Teddy’s studio artists are regularly invited to exhibit in the long corridor that connects their work spaces on the upper floor.

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The exhibition Hall Talk 13 – A Passage of Lingering features works by the resident artists, allowing them to step out of the private and hidden space of the studio into the communal area.

The corridor is a transparent and banal space – a nondescript passageway that has no unique identity of its own. The curatorial act infuses the walls with awareness and intentionality that transform the corridor from a passage one walks through quickly into a space that invites lingering and thoughtful contemplation. Indeed, the recognition of everyday spaces as sites that hold hidden meanings is in itself a creative act, as Georges Perec suggested.

The shift from a passageway to a space of lingering, from private to public, and from hidden to visible, turns the “Artists’ Corridor” into a destination in itself.

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While the artworks were not created specifically to be displayed in a corridor, they were created for an encounter with the public. Liam Gillick wrote that “Without people, it is not art, it is something else: stuff in a room.” Similarly, without art, the corridor remains a transparent space. The display of artworks reshapes the experience of walking down the hall, rendering the passage areas a mode of display. By adapting the works to the space and the movement through it, the hallway turns from a transit path into a site for wandering, inviting the viewer to linger, observe, and experience.  

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Participating: Hannan Abu Hussein, Julia Aronson, Din Bar, Raya Bruckenthal, Chamutal Bar Cohen, Yair Glaycher, Noga Greenberg, Ilana Hoffmann, Klil Wexler, Odeya Silber, Ohad Lowy, Noa Leibel, Naama Tamarya Mokady, Michaela Mor, Yael Serlin, Einat Arif-Galanti, Yifat Shtainmetz Hirst.

Curator: Noa Weiss-Simon