KATONTI CONTEMPORARY is a small portable art space contained within a medium size suitcase. Under this moniker, I create an alternative miniature world to observe and study human presence through the lens of extreme fragility.

Katonti (Hebrew for "I have diminished") means more than a description of size; it suggests humbleness and acceptance of one's limitations. In a digital, corporate era, KATONTI serves as a sanctuary — a refuge from the overwhelming art world, while presenting a critical view of today's anti-social and aggressive political expressions.

In recent years, my practice has shifted towards the miniature — a transition which allows me to react with immediacy to both personal life and global events. My creative sphere has condensed into the intimate space between my hands. Within this protected zone, thoughts and feelings find shelter from the world. This protected zone enables me to examine the boundaries between the private and the social; to observe and reflect on how political forces penetrate the individual sphere.

However, the miniature format conceals a darker inquiry: as these fragile figures occupy the suitcase's surface, what role is left for the observer gazing from above? KATONTI is not merely a showcase; it is a laboratory of power dynamics. The spectators, watching these fragile figures in their intimate and precarious moments, become unwitting participants in an ethical experiment on empathy, voyeurism, and the gaze of the powerful.

Utilising raw, unfired clay, the KATONTI sculptures hold space for fragility — for emotions and thoughts we may wish to conceal in our daily lives, but which are, in fact, the most human parts of us.