Is this baby yours?
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For five years I sent out wooden boxed fetuses to all corners of the globe, laying my
embryos, like the cuckoo bird, in strangers' nests. Three hundred wooden boxes
were sent in search of a potential father to adopt their contents. In the box I laid
four different forms: declaration of fatherhood, declaration of adoption, denial of
fatherhood and alternative reaction to the child left on their doorstep.
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This fertilized box is the unfinished creation, artistic or other, and it requires the
addressee's recognition and devoted attention in order to be born in full. In this case
the responsibility to carry it until birth falls on the "father". Most recipients reacted in a
highly emotional manner as if this were actually a live breathing enfant at stake.
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The success was greater than I hoped for - a family of 120 "fathers" and "babies"
was created. After two years I had already received 90 responses which were shown
in a large exhibition in "Hakibbutz" Gallery curated by Tali Tamir.
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Responses from fathers:
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The project continued to have a life of its own, and during the next three years I
received more responses which were collected into a uniquely designed book,
published by "Omanut-Laam". Modeled after the original box, the book contained all
the responses received up to that time. The individual pages of the "book" were laid
in the box, randomly ordered, and awaiting further responses.
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