Motherland

Role: Research/Animation Director/Physical Set Design
Client: Ruth Patir
Year: 2022-2025

Motherland (2023) is a large-scale video installation by Ruth Patir, exhibited at the Israeli Pavilion of the 59th Venice Biennale. The work interrogates national myths, reproductive politics, and feminine agency through a blend of humor, discomfort, and speculative media.

I was responsible for nearly all of the animation in the project, the culmination of a five-year process of technical research, visual experimentation, and creative collaboration. From initial pipeline development to final renders, I oversaw every stage of the animation process — shaping the visual language, rigging and animating characters, and ensuring the aesthetic and emotional coherence of the entire body of work.

Beyond the on-screen result, I also documented key behind-the-scenes processes — including performance captures and rehearsal sequences — which fed back into the project’s evolving form. The final installation is a layered, hybrid experience that blurs the boundaries between the digital and the embodied, the personal and the political.

Credits

Film by Ruth Patir
Animation Director: Jonathan Wasserman
Additional Animation: Yuval Katz, 3 Sisters Studio
Editing: Ruth Patir
Assistant Editor: Noa Simhayof Shahaf, Jonathan Wasserman, Kinar Dar
Music: Zoe Polanski
Sound Mix: Rei Elbaz