Yuval Avital: ALMA MATER

A sound installation by artist and musician Yuval Avital that draws on thousands of hours of traditional chants, whispers, and tales by women from diverse cultures and time periods, merging archival recordings and sounds from nature with cutting-edge technology, video, and artistic lighting to create an original piece.

This immersive work embodies the nurturing spirit of the Great Mother archetype, creating a metaphorical womb of reconnection and healing. Its display is a prelude to the Museum’s major exhibition on sound art, upcoming in 2025.

 

Technical programming, synchronization, and installation in collaboration with OFFBiT Collective, Beersheba

Graphic design: Studio NinetyTwo

Custom-made lighting objects: Enzo Catellani

Sound objects design: Architettura Sonora and B&C Speakers

Ballet dancers featuring in video: Liliana Cosi and Oriella Dorella  

Manager of Yuval Avital Studio, Milan: Angelica Mezza 

 

The exhibition was made possible by

The donors to the Museum’s Exhibition Fund:

Claudia Davidoff, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in memory of Ruth and Leon Davidoff

Hanno D. Mott, New York

The Nash Family Foundation, New York

An anonymous donor

 

With the support and collaboration of BUILDING, Milan

 

Additional contribution from:

The Dwek Family, AIMIG Friends, Milan

Petra De Castro, Milan

Michaël Benabou, Observatoire Juif de France, Paris

Erika Astesani, Milan

Annette Hofmann, Artset