Rotem Weizman | Protocol

The work explores sustained gazing as a practice of resistance within a dreamlike-apocalyptic state. Resistance manifests as a continuous act of presence and persistence at the margins of visibility, undermining power relations through sheer endurance. The video was shot in a burned forest – a place bearing traces of untold trauma. Within this suspended time, where seemingly nothing happens, appears a figure attempting to position a tree stump. This small gesture fades into the landscape, sharpening the gap between the world's vast dimensions and the body's limited capacity to act. The work presents a protest that does not seek immediate visibility, proposing that even a nearly invisible movement possesses its own existence: it takes place, and therefore already inhabits reality.