In the exhibition Moon Land, Inbal Cohen Hamo explores the Negev—a region marked by conflict—through the lens of two books published in 1963: Journey to the Land of the Negev, by Rina Hebron, a book the artist read as a child, and Land of the Negev, by Peter Merom, which she found on the street.

Using a multi-layered digital process and sculptural interventions, Cohen Hamo obscures parts of Merom’s photographs, constructing an alternative reality where the childhood memories of the artist and her present-day artistic gestures intertwine, creating a fragmented and chaotic visual landscape.

In Moon Land, Cohen Hamo not only reflects on Merom’s nostalgic depictions of the Negev’s striking natural phenomena but also treats Land of the Negev as a sculptural object in itself. The book is laid flat within the gallery space using photographic paper and plywood structures, inviting viewers to reconsider how we perceive both landscape and material.

The exhibition weaves together a mythical past, a scorched present, and an uncertain future. At the entrance, stands an image of an imagined moon, imprinted with the silhouette of an astronaut from the Apollo 16 mission in 1972—a haunting, self-reflective portrait of the act of documentation itself.