Beneath a German lake, above a Nazi bunker: Israeli artist explores buried memory - feature

Israeli artist Yehudit Sasportas's video installation 'Lake of Void' at Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum features clay mines inscribed with Hebrew letters submerged in a German lake above a Nazi-era bunker, exploring memory and buried histories. The exhibition opened October 12 as part of the Jerusalem Biennale and runs through November.

Israeli artist Yehudit Sasportas's video installation 'Lake of Void' opened at Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum on October 12, 2026, as part of the Jerusalem Biennale. The exhibition features clay sculptures resembling land mines, inscribed with Hebrew letters, submerged in Lake Bant in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, above a Nazi-era bunker. The work explores memory, trauma, and buried histories. Sasportas creates artifacts intended to preserve traces of the present for future generations, drawing on recordings from trees in Germany's Black Forest near Martin Heidegger's cabin. The sculptures remain underwater as a permanent installation, part of her ongoing 'The Liquid Desert Project' and the third of six Mine Sentence installations. The exhibition is expected to run until the end of November.