The New Central Station (2018-2021)

The New Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv is a planning and architectural fiasco that preserves chaos while serving as a necessary cultural hub for those perceived as unwanted by some in society. The Station is an example of a no-man’s-land whose existence is needed to maintain the status quo of social order.

For three years I have been wandering around the periphery of the Central Station. With my gaze directed at the architectural structure like a detective or a forensic photographer, I search for traces of human activity in the space of the Station or clues to their absence. These traces are revealed in various manifestations: accumulation, dust, dirt, neglect, abandonment, dismantling, assembling, improvisation, and randomness. Unlike in familiar areas, there are anarchic spaces within the Station that contrast everyday life and define the normal through the exclusion of themselves.