Ilit Azoulay
85 x 62 cm
33 7/16 x 24 6/16 in
"ENSALA calls joy to enter, and fear withdraws.
She reminds us that joy is an act of freedom."
This work brings together cosmic perspectives, ritual objects, and images of earthly landscapes—three different ways through which humans attempt to see and protect the world around them.
The surface of Venus, revealed through NASA radar mapping, shows a planet that for centuries remained hidden beneath thick clouds. Through scientific technology, this veiled planet becomes legible—its mountains, plains, and geological formations made visible.
Beside it appears an amulet of the Egyptian god Bes, a protective deity associated with the home, childbirth, joy, and everyday life. Though often depicted as small, Bes was believed to possess immense power to ward off danger and evil.
Next stands a small wooden statuette from the Egyptian Middle Kingdom, a quiet yet intentional human presence preserved across millennia within a world of ritual and memory.
Finally, a satellite image of the Caspian Sea offers a vast earthly landscape seen from an extraterrestrial perspective, where water and land appear as abstract patterns of movement.
A distant planet, a protective amulet, a small human figure, and a vast earthly landscape coexist here. Between technological observation, ritual gesture, and human presence emerges a recurring impulse: to reveal the unseen, give it form, and find ways to protect the world we inhabit.
