PERFORMANCES
*Premiere
The Dreamers
Efrat Rubin
Inspired by the delicate dialogue between body and brain during the cycles of sleep and dreaming, this piece invites the audience into an inner journey and shared dream.
Interdisciplinary creation combining dance, animation, and live music.
THURSDAY | NOV 13 | 20:30
The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery
*Premiere
Sound Fiction
Matan Daskal & Tom Love
An immersive concert-installation where an ensemble of live musicians meets sculpted loudspeakers, exploring their relationship and its impact on the audience’s psychoacoustic experience.
THURSDAY | NOV 13 | 19:30 & 22:00
The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery
Ways of Listening
Ensemble Musica Nova
Both a live sound laboratory and an immersive, interactive musical experience Inviting audiences to explore the many ways we hear.
THURSDAY | NOV 13 | 19:30 & 21:30
KKL Hall, Museum of Natural History
*Premiere
Inside the Night of the Skull
Tal Gur
A solo concert for voice, guitar, saxophone, and keyboard based on the song cycle Brain by Dan Pagis, blending music and conversations with neuroscientists about the brain’s remarkable abilities and their decline.
FRIDAY | NOV 14 | 10:00 & 12:30
KKL Hall, Museum of Natural History
*Premiere
The Phonetics of Flight
Ruth Wieder Magan & Or Mai
Two creators - voice and electronics - explore bird and human language through singing, extended vocal techniques, and real-time electronic processing.
THURSDAY | NOV 13 | 20:00
FRIDAY | NOV 14 | 11:00
Erdi Hall, Museum of Natural History
*Premiere
New Cycle
Adaya Godlevsky
An intimate musical performance inspired by drawings that incorporate menstrual blood, shaping a unique composition for harp, voice, and electronics. A personal, cultural, and scientific exploration of the maturing female body and fertility
FRIDAY | NOV 14 | 10:00 & 12:00
Erdi Hall, Museum of Natural History
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
Mind and Matter: How Decisions and Experiences Shape Who We Are
Prof. Yuval Ebenstein | Prof. Liad Mudrik
THURSDAY | NOV 13 | 20:00
Auditorium, Museum of Natural History
Metamorphosis: Where Science, Art, and Curiosity Converge
Prof. Oren Harman | Prof. Yasmin Meroz & Liat Segal | Prof. Ofer Feinerman
THURSDAY | NOV 13 | 21:30
Auditorium, Museum of Natural History
Education Workshop
Combinations in the Classroom: Learning Science, Thinking Creation and Movement
Dr. Debora Marchak & Dr. Galit Zana Sternfeld
FRIDAY | NOV 14 | 10:00-14:30
Exact Sciences Building – Shenkar 401
Movement Workshop: Superorganism
Noam Carmeli & Dr. Nir Ofek
FRIDAY | NOV 14 | 10:00-12:00
2nd Floor, Museum of Natural History
KIDS
The Best Collection
Train Theater & Yonatan Ben Haim
Come and take a peek into collections of simple, ordinary objects — a collection of leaves, clouds, water, and earth — that together create delicate worlds of magic, playfulness, and childhood wonder.
SATURDAY | NOV 15 | 10:30
KKL Hall, Museum of Natural History
Noa's Secret of Infinity
Sharona Florsheim
Imagination and knowledge meet in a creative, humorous dance-theater performance that reveals the world of modern physics. The Big Bang, quantum particles, and infinity come to life through movement, music, and original text.
SATURDAY | NOV 15 | 11:00
Erdi Hall, Museum of Natural History
*Premiere
Mind & Music - a Love Story
Dr. Yoav MaTov, Gadi Stern
& Rali Margalit
Discover the fascinating world of the brain in a family-friendly show dedicated to one of the greatest love stories in the world: the love between the brain and music.
SATURDAY | NOV 15 | 12:00
Auditorium, Museum of Natural History
ABOUT THE EVENT
The TRANSMEET Festival of Art and Science is an invitation to an inspiring and thought-provoking journey into the encounter between science and art – a place where curiosity, creativity, and innovation meet.
Over the course of three captivating days that awaken the senses and the mind, you will meet leading scientists, artists, and curators who work together to unlock the potential embedded in the dialogue between the two worlds.
What happens in the studio or in the laboratory when artistic practice encounters scientific exploration?
Interdisciplinary collaborations in research and creation dissolve the conventional boundaries between fields and transform the inherent friction between them into a dynamic engine for inspiration and innovation. At this point of encounter, new modes of thinking emerge, leading to original forms of knowledge and expression. Such collaborations energize communities to explore new horizons, make complex scientific ideas accessible and engaging through artistic expression, and push beyond the limits of the known.
The third edition of the festival sets out after a challenging and painful time in many respects. We hope that within the rich festival program we have created for you—featuring lectures, workshops, and musical, theatrical, and dance performances specially developed for the festival—you will find a moment of respite, and perhaps even inspiration, toward better days of dialogue, understanding, and the building of bridges between worlds and cultures.
Founders and Curators
Sharona Florsheim - choreographer and artistic director
Tal Yizrael - artist and curator at The Fetter Museum of Art and NanoScience (Nano Museum) at the Institute for Nanotechnology, Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Tomer Volansky - theoretical physicist (particle physics and the early universe), Tel Aviv University
Dr. Adi Ashkenazi - experimental particle physicist, Tel Aviv University; member, Israel Young Academy of Sciences
Education Panel and Workshop
Dr. Deborah (Didi) Merchak - lecturer and researcher, Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, Tel Aviv University
Artistic Committee: Alon Sapan; Dr. Daniel Glaser; Tal Yizrael; Sharona Florsheim
Festival Team
Project Manager: Sharona Florsheim
Producer: Yasha Rozov
Technical Producer: Boaz Beja
Branding & Website: Studio Rinat Hadar & Alice Gutkin
Trailer - Camera & Editing: Amir Volansky
Social Media: Sigal Mitgartz
Meetup: Avia Ben Avi, Yasmin Teffer & Chen Berkman
International Guests: Shira Haiman
Acknowledgments
Our deep thanks to Alon Sapan, director of the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, and the museum team - especially Tamar Zadok, Adi Katz-Shapira, Anat Shoham, and Adi Gov. Many thanks to the Tel Aviv University School of Physics and to Ms. Shira Haiman from the Department of Particle Physics. Warm thanks to Zlilit Ben Nevat at the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, and to Anat Gilead and Yosi Balt at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Cultural Diplomacy. Heartfelt thanks to the devoted team of the Choreographers Association. We thank the Fetter family for their support of the Fetter Museum of Art and Nanoscience at Bar-Ilan University.
PARTNERS & COLLABORATORS
How to get there
Address: Klausner St 12, Tel Aviv-Yafo.
By car: Search for “The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History” in Waze.
By bus:
Egged: 271, 222
Dan: 7, 25, 45, 289
Kavim: 107, 464, 474, 506
Metropoline: 572, 604, 572
By train: Get off at Tel Aviv University station, then continue with Dan bus lines 7 or 45.
Festival Map
