Free Admission!

The 2026 edition of "To: The Field" — a festival of music, performance, visual art, and artistic dialogue at the Center for Contemporary Art — will center on the theme of Time Machines.

Inspired by the words of the late artist Uri Katzenstein in his work Hope Machines — "It is not clear whether this world is after or before. Whether it is in a state of pre-creation or post-apocalypse" — the festival reflects upon the sense of rupture surrounding contemporary time. It proposes viewing the strange, fragile time machines human beings are, and the devices we create in an attempt to expand our existence.

The festival features works, performances, and actions that play with time—lingering within it, stretching and constraining it, and carrying us forward and backward. At the heart of it all is live action: coming together and being present in this moment.

Festival Program

Throughout the Three Days of the Festival

Across the Center: Works embodying and capturing a moment in time alongside new performance works.

Participating artists include: Naama Arad, Dariusz Fodczuk, Uri Katzenstein, Mila Levy, Oz Malul. Space Design: Eran Shanny and VJ VAJJ

Thursday, November 12, 19:00–23:30

19:00 Frequency Calibration — A Drone music performance across the Center (the audience is invited to bring musical instruments)

[Across all spaces of the Center]

20:00–21:00  An exhibition match of “Kaduregel Kal,” accompanied by fan chants performed by The Power Strangers and the launch of the zine ״Why I Stopped Playing Football,” based on interviews with members of the team. Featuring: Players of "Kaduregel Kal" Zine Editors: Rafi Balbirsky, Shani Poker and Or Rimer Zine Design and Print Alex Sesper The Power Strangers: Maya Landsmann and Or Rimer

[The adjacent football court]

20:00–23:00 Screening of a video compilation from the CCA Archive. Curated by Luma Abu Wardy

[Auditorium]

20:15–21:00 Tarot Reader: Eitan Ben-Moshe with questions for these times.

[The Baratna - 1st Floor]

21:00–23:00 Musical performances. Participating artists: Electric Sea, Itzik Gil Avizohar. [Ground Floor], DJ Set: Hillel David Greenwald 

[The Baratna - 1st Floor] 

Curated by: Kim Kertesz

Friday, November 13, 11:00–15:00

11:00-12:15 + 13:00-14:15 This Thing I Am Looking At: Time Machines — Two sessions of a performative talk format developed at the Center, in which artists and thinkers share what is at the center of their current thought or gaze. Participants: Shimon Adaf, Shira Ben Uriel, Nurit Dreamer, Ori Drumer, Ohad Fishof, Sun Franko, Ruth Patir, Hadas Satt, Dr. Carmel L. Vaisman  Curated by: Tal Yahas.

[Auditorium]

12:00–13:00 The Blender Naama Stern-Licht talks and pours local tonic she crafts herself. Gin will be served as well.
[The Baratna - 1st Floor]

14:00 Field Cooking: A group of Israeli and Polish artists prepare a workers’ meal as part of a collaborative project tracing the potato’s strange existence.

Participating artists: Ron Asulin, Eitan Ben-Moshe,Maniucha Bikont, Dariusz Fodczuk,Thalia Hoffman, Michal Samama, Jacek Sosnowski. Curated by: Kineret Haya Max and Hila Cohen-Schneiderman

[The Courtyard]

Saturday, November 14, 11:00–22:00

11:00 For Kids: Cyanotype Workshop with Shiran Yitzhari (Ages 6+)

How do we see time? In a hands-on workshop, we will experiment with cyanotype (sun printing), an ancient photographic technique that uses sunlight to create images. We will craft prints in shades of blue and discover how light, shadow, and exposure time affect the resulting image.
[Auditorium]

14:00–20:00 Screening of a video compilation from the CCA Archive. Curated by: Luma Abu Wardy.
[Auditorium]

14:00–22:00  Musical performances. Participating artists: Mihal Goldshtein with Sima Gutman, Maniucha Bikont & Assaf Talmudi, Ayala Shamir, Adam Avishai, Nico Teen, Katamine, Bein Harisot.

[Ground Floor]

Free Admission — Highly Recommended!

Artistic Direction:

Hila Cohen-Schneiderman, Kim Kertesz, Tal Yahas, Yael Messer, Luma Abu Wardy

Technical Management:

Ido Mendil

Supported by the Polish Institute and Outset Contemporary Art Fund

Edna Moshenson

The "To: The Field" festival is dedicated to the memory of curator Edna Moshenson (1945-2026), who worked for nearly five decades for the art field in Israel, guided always by her deep love for art and artists.

For about thirty years, Moshenson was a central figure at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, where she headed the Department of Prints and Drawings and played a key role in expanding the artistic discourse and exposing the local public to new forms of expression in contemporary art, such as video and installation. Over the years, she curated exhibitions by Israeli and international artists, including Bill Viola, William Kentridge, Kara Walker, Elaine Reichek, and Chantal Akerman, remaining deeply committed to fostering an ongoing dialogue between art in Israel and global artistic practice.

As an independent curator, Moshenson continued to work across a wide range of disciplines, from video art and installation to drawing and public art. Among the prominent projects she curated were "Universal Circus LTD" as part of Tel Aviv’s centennial events (2009), Efrat Shvily’s retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Art, Ein Harod (2013), and the 6th Biennale for Drawing, "Return of the Paper" (2016), which she co-curated with Sally Haftel Naveh. Alongside her curatorial practice, she was an active partner in shaping cultural and arts policy in Israel, serving, among other roles, as a member of the Museums Council, the Plastic Arts Department of the Israeli Council for Culture and Art, and the Tel Aviv–Yafo Municipality’s Sculpture Committee. In 2008, she was awarded the Curatorial Prize by the Ministry of Culture.

For the Center for Contemporary Art, Edna was much more than an esteemed curator. She was a companion for the journey—always supportive, guiding, accompanying, and advising with boundless generosity and dedication. Dedicating the festival to her memory is an expression of love and gratitude for many years of partnership, and for her profound belief in art and the people who create it.