Jerusalem Design Week will return in physical form to the Hansen House and will open on 1.7.2021 Under the theme “Runaway Circus”.
We escape into the virtual, into the wild, into indulgences and alternative identities and cultures. We escape ruling paradigms to alternate realities, or moments of pure pleasure. Through the span of our existence, we balance the burdens of daily life by turning our backs to it — for a day or for a lifetime, as a form of rebellion or by moving with the crowds to new and seductive diversions.
Yet increasingly, we are reminded that our escape comes at a cost. As we become aware of the social, political, ecological and cultural effects of western life, this new knowledge becomes inescapable, and our forms of escapism become tainted by the marks they leave on the world. Try as we might to ignore it, our little vacations constantly remind us of the toll they ask of us.
