Dan Farberoff

Dan Farberoff is a Berlin-based, multinational, interdisciplinary artist and researcher. Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, he immigrated to Israel with his family in the 1970s. After completing his military service, he left Israel in his early 20s to travel extensively across the Far East and pursue his education. He studied fine arts and digital media at the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago and later lived in Germany, France, and the UK, earning an MA from Dartington College of Arts.

Farberoff's work spans mediated physical and digital presence, movement, somatic and eco-somatic practices, and includes new media, interactive technology, fine art, live performance, multimedia installations, socially engaged art, public space interventions, and participatory art actions. His art has been showcased internationally at prestigious events and venues such as Documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany; the Geumgang Nature Art Biennale in South Korea; Tanzhaus Zürich in Switzerland; Queen Elizabeth Hall and the London Olympics in the UK; FIPA Biarritz in France; IDN Barcelona and the Biodanza Prize in Spain; the Chopin Bicentenary Celebrations in Warsaw and at the Shanghai EXPO in China.

Since 2019, Farberoff has co-led Common Views, an art collective he co-founded with David Behar-Perahia. The collective addresses global social-ecological concerns through large-scale, participatory art projects. Their work includes collaborations with Bedouin communities in the eastern Negev/Naqab desert, an exploration of Berlin’s ecosystem as an integral biosphere, and research into the social-ecological water landscapes of Naples.

Endeavors to Forget: Bedouin Resilience and Desert Sustainability Vs the Israeli State’s Contemporary Colonialist Sculpture

Large piles of rubble that remain after acts of destruction and forced displacement appear like temporary, monumental manifestations of “Contemporary Colonialist Sculpture.” They stand out in stark contrast to the lightweight and versatile construction used by the Bedouins, which it seeks to supplant, and as a tangible embodiment of the violent act of erasure and enclosure. The Common View collective learns from the Naqab/Negev Bedouins’ adaptability and resilience towards an alternative, equitable futures.