Catalog design as part of the exhibition Nurse, Nurse, the central event of Manofim – Nurse, Nurse was the main event at the Manofim Festival for Contemporary Art. Manofim, which for the past nine years has been held in unique exhibition sites, seeks to turn its attention to the social and political seams that traverse the urban space. In 2019 the exhibition took place in the mythological Bikur Cholim Hospital, at the heart of Jerusalem.
The catalog design was inspired by medical formalities – forms, prescriptions, instructions, etc. The catalog aspires to function as a formal “tour guide” through the exhibition. A sort of comforting contradiction to the personal and emotional artworks.
In addition, I wanted to quote from the historical archive of the Bikur Holim Hospital – the ancient hospital’s logo had a rare combination of biblical Hebrew letters and a blackletter font on the opposite English version.
The cover typography brings together Mugrabi (Hebrew), Gandur Alte (English), and Mirza (Arabic).
The fonts used in the interior are Roboto Mono (English), 29LT Baseet (Arabic), and 80kb (Hebrew).
