Passage, from the series "Transition" (2009-11)

<p>In the series <em>Transition</em>, Ilit Azoulay underscored the improvised, eclectic nature of architectural structures in Israeli cities, which suggest to her “a community in a turbulent state of mind.” She first collected objects and building fragments from construction sites in Tel Aviv’s southern neighborhoods, then undergoing massive gentri-fication after decades of neglect. She arranged the objects, found images, and other household items as tabletop dioramas and photographed the results. The found image in <em>Passage</em> shows an empty beach—“all that is left of a vanishing community,” according to Azoulay—and reminds us that “every act of remembrance reflects back on the act of forgetting.”</p>