Tamar Binyamini | Sisyphus

This work embodies a Sisyphean act of hauling a burden uphill. Instead of the mythic rock, the artist carries an object made of Papier-mâchéwrapped in current newspaper headlines. This mass of media accumulates into a heavy load, borne repeatedly through sustained physical effort before sliding back down. The contrast between bodily fragility and the burden's weight raises questions about responsibility, time, and erosion. The repetition reveals protest caught within cycles of information production and consumption, where ongoing violence becomes mere headlines. Suspended between ancient myth and contemporary media-political reality, the work probes the responsibility of body, artist, and viewer alike, to carry, to witness, and to persist even when action seems futile.