The 2021 Jerusalem Design Week, titled Runaway Circus, explored the theme of hedonistic escape. Responding to this, the TAKEOFF exhibit transformed an attic into a surreal, aircraft-inspired environment. Stepping into mirrored units, visitors confronted infinite reflections and a post-pandemic longing for travel. Offering no destination, the installation suspended people between places and realities, blurring the passage of time.

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In collaboration with Studio Weinbenami, I created the surrounding video projection, which served as the room's sole light source. Paired with a slow ambient soundscape by Avizohar, the space settled into a rhythm of endless hovering. I generated the clouds through code, giving them a constant, dynamic shift in their materiality and position. Their movement along the Z-axis created three-dimensional depth and a feeling of forward momentum, yet each wall displayed a different trajectory, dissolving any clear sense of direction.

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Against this volumetric drift, semi-transparent figures ran exclusively along the X-axis. Moving at varying paces but locked at an equal depth, they traveled continuously without ever arriving. Through this spatial tension - between the deep movement of the clouds and the flat, linear path of the figures - I hoped to shape a liminal environment that would converse with the mirrored room. The intention was to offer a view familiar enough to an airplane window to invite immersion, yet subtly disrupted. Rather than an actual journey, the installation sought to reflect on the collective standstill of the pandemic, exploring the sensation of moving endlessly while remaining entirely in place.