Findings from the Present – A Rolling Discussion in Heritage of the Future

Architecture and the built environment hold the stories, values, and beliefs of the era in which they were created. They reflect culture, power relations, and political conflict alongside technological, economic, and ecological conditions. In the “Heritage of the Future” exhibition, we ask not what the future will look like, but how the present will be read from within it – and what we are leaving for those who come after us. What role does architecture play, not only as a physical force shaping the built environment, but also as a cultural, political, and social mechanism that shapes how we imagine the future, interpret the past, and experience the present?

To mark the opening of the exhibition, we will hold a rolling discussion across its four main themes, with a new conversation beginning each hour. This is an invitation to view the present from a future perspective – not as an escape from reality, but as a way of questioning what we take for granted. When the present is viewed as a future archaeological layer, the everyday – the square, the sign, the bus stop, the street, even concepts like technology and progress – mean something else. What will be preserved? What will disappear? And what will it say about us?

The discussion will be held in English, with the exhibiting architects and the exhibition curators, Friedrich von Borries and Sabrina Cegla, in attendance.

10:00 – Infrastructures of Modernity

With: Oren Eldar, Shira Gleitman, Elad Horn, Els Verbakel, Yasmina Nusseibeh, Edith Kofsky, Hila Shemer

11:00 – Nightmares of War

With: Sharon Golan, Jeremie Hoffmann, Yonatan Cohen, Tula Amir, Paul Kearns

12:00 – Culture or Nature

With: Adva Matar, Ruth Abrahams, Or Aleksandrowicz, Yael Moria, Lou Moria

13:00 – Nation Branding vs. Pre-National Identity

With: Aiman Tabony, Yuval Avraham, Deborah Pinto Fdeda, Ifat Finkelman, Shira Levy Benyemini, Lev Pavlov, Vika Libman, Christina Eidenzon, Ori Scialom

The event will be held in English.

Alternative seating; no assigned places.

Parking arrangement with Shuk Bezalel parking lot: 2 HaMaccabi St., Tel Aviv. 75% discount – please collect a parking sticker before leaving.