KATONTI CONTEMPORARY is a small portable art space contained within a medium size suitcase. Under the moniker Katonti 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, offering refuge from the overwhelming art world, while presenting a critical view of today's anti-social and aggressive political permutations. 

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 essence of our humanity.

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 humanoid figurines in their intimate and precarious moments, become unwitting participants in an ethical experiment on empathy, voyeurism, and the gaze of the powerful.