The Alony company unveils the exhibition “Sunrise”, the result of a collaboration between leading architects and design graduates from Studio 6b. This creative journey is intended to inspire hope and bring about both personal and collective renewal, similar to the light that emerges at the beginning of each day.
The “Sunrise” exhibition reflects the human dynamic of renewal and hope, contextualized by the past year. Three months ago, on Alony's initiative, nine leading architects – including Raz Melamed, Dorit Sela, Nitzan Horowitz, Amir Navon, Orly De Lio, Ella Morgan, Tuvia Panfil, Keren Meir and Maayan Dori – came together, accompanied by curator Michal Hasson Glazer Join Studio 6b design graduates on a journey between the physical and spiritual worlds. They created installations, decorative sculptures and statement pieces that give tangible form to the vision of the sunrise.
The exhibition, which opens to the public during Hanukkah at Alony's new showroom in Bnei Brak, presents the sunrise as a multi-layered metaphor. It represents not only the natural transition from darkness to light, but also a profound inner process of growth and renewal. Through interactive installations and complex creations, designers explore humans' ability to recover from pain. The exhibition offers a multidimensional look at hope as a personal experience and collective expression of resilience.
Highlights of the exhibitions
Mind the Gap (Ila Filmos and Amir Navon): This installation depicts a sukkah given additional meaning by the events of October 7, the end of the holiday. Some Sukkot remain dismantled, waiting for their owners to come back and pack them up, as if time had stood still. Depending on the perspective of the viewer, the installation changes its appearance. It consists of vertical and horizontal pipes and symbolizes the beginning of reconstruction, fundamental changes and the invisible.
Mirror, Mirror (Rotem Levi and Orly De Lio): The experience begins with a floating bridge where gentle clouds envelop the first steps, inviting visitors to slow down and enjoy the moment. At the end of the path, a golden capsule awaits – an intimate space that invites the viewer to see the light through dichroic glass that reflects changing colors and light that emits a soft glow.
Phoenix (Rina Coral and Ella Morgan): The phoenix is a mythical bird that cyclically builds a nest and burns itself every thousand years. From the ashes it rises and rebuilds itself. The impressive 3.5 meter high phoenix installation symbolizes people who experience loss and pain only to rise again and spread wings of faith and hope. The mosaic shows the sun rising from darkness and faith emerging from pain. A 220 cm long feather, divided into 26 parts (26 in Gematria, representing the Tetragrammaton), symbolizes the resurrection of the Phoenix and the awakening of the human spirit.
Just a second left (Aya Krivda and Maayan Dori): The installation consists of two parts, each with a stage connected to an LED strip that moves in a circle in opposite directions. When the strip completes a cycle, it changes direction and the process repeats. The central idea is to simulate the tension that comes with watching a process while highlighting a clear cycle with a beginning and an end. The second part includes abstract objects that are placed in space with different opacities and create lighting effects that include transmission, blocking and reflection. The aim is to highlight the sunrise experience and invite viewers to stop, watch the time and ensure that the sunrises are not missed.
Sunrise – Alony Showroom, 9 Halehi Street, Bnei Brak | Sunday – Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | The exhibition runs until January 18, 2025.