The biblical image of “a land flowing with milk and honey” has been perceived throughout the generations as a divine promise of abundance and prosperity—a promise which during the 20th century transformed into an action plan spanning settlement, urbanization, and massive infrastructure construction, mechanized agriculture, and redesign. The book Land. Milk. Honey. tells the story of the land from the point of view of animals and landscapes, shedding light on the environmental and spatial impacts of modernity.
In conjunction with the exhibition in the Israeli Pavilion at the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture, the book presents a diverse collection of literary sources, historical documents, archival photos, and original texts, woven together into a remarkable, awe-inspiring and at the same time unsettling story about a space shaped anew.
The biblical image of “a land flowing with milk and honey” has been perceived throughout the generations as a divine promise of abundance and prosperity—a promise which during the 20th century transformed into an action plan spanning settlement, urbanization, and massive infrastructure construction, mechanized agriculture, and redesign. The book Land. Milk. Honey. tells the story of the land from the point of view of animals and landscapes, shedding light on the environmental and spatial impacts of modernity.
In conjunction with the exhibition in the Israeli Pavilion at the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture, the book presents a diverse collection of literary sources, historical documents, archival photos, and original texts, woven together into a remarkable, awe-inspiring and at the same time unsettling story about a space shaped anew.