With the participation of Sapir Katz

It all began when I told to my friend, artist Antro Aum, about my amazing discovery: Sir G. Word's diary dating from the beginning of the last century. During his archeological excavations in the Jerusalem hills, Word uncovered 12 small figurines, which he thought to represent the signs of the Zodiac.

The diary was so exciting that I decided to write a story about it. The drawings in the diary inspired Antro Aum to create large sculptures and other works of fantasy about those lost civilizations. That's how our project was born.

We are (probably) living upon the remnants of long-lost, ancient civilizations. It is so moving that those who formed those civilizations considered themselves the pinnacle of humanity. But nevertheless, they are gone, vanished without a trace - except, perhaps, for a pillar or statue.

Someday we too will be gone and forgotten, and those who come after us -to build their civilization on the remnants of ours - will also ask themselves: who were those people?

Sapir Katz,
Archaeologist.

           
            
From the sculpture series: "12 Signs of the Zodiac", mixed media, height: 180 cm, 2002 - 2003

             
Frames from the film "Four Elements", shown at the exhibition. Editor: Antro Aum; camera: J..Lagusker and I. Basilenko