Anna Hayat & Slava Pirsky
Interval
18 April ~ 05 May 2026
In this exhibition Hayat and Pirsky present landscapes not as locations but as emotional spaces formed in the interval between material process and perception. Their images arise from a hybrid analog practice that includes expired Polaroid, manipulated negatives, chemical shifts, damaged emulsions, and fragments recombined with occasional digital intervention. Within this layered process the landscape becomes a site where memory and atmosphere emerge, suspended between what is recorded and what is felt.
Their compositions often follow classical structure with firm horizons, balanced geometries, and a measured sense of depth. At the same time each image holds an interruption such as burns, tears, chemical blooms, shifting skies, or fragments of abandoned forms. These elements introduce an interval between order and entropy, between intention and material autonomy. The landscape is shaped not only by the artists but by time itself.
What emerges is an emotional landscape where the absence of people becomes a form of presence. The earth continues on its own, independent and self contained, while meaning appears only in the space between the image and the viewer. Interval names this condition. It is the moment where nature remains itself and perception begins, where the landscape does not speak yet becomes resonant through looking. The viewer encounters not a place but a state of being, shaped within the interval between the outer world and inner experience.
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Anna Hayat and Slava Pirsky are Israeli photographers known for their collaborative work in analog photography. Originally from the Soviet Union, they immigrated to Israel in the early 1990s and met in Jerusalem in 1999. Since then, they have been partners in both life and art.
Their creative process revolves around analog photography, particularly expired Polaroid large-format black-and-white negative films, which ceased production in 2008. They work with both large studio cameras and small field Polaroid cameras, embracing the unpredictability of aged negatives to infuse their images with a distinctive character and timeless quality.
In response to recent global events, Hayat and Pirsky have expanded into mixed media, incorporating tearing, cutting, stitching, and patching into their photographs. This evolution reflects their emotional responses to contemporary realities and has been showcased in exhibitions at the Ramlah Museum and the Kyotographie International Photography Festival in Japan. Their work has been exhibited worldwide.