16 Dec 2019 - 12 Oct 2020
Curator: Shirly Ben-Dor
Evian
Designer: Shirley Yahalomi
Davidson Temporary
Exhibition Gallery, Archaeology Wing
The hieroglyphic script that developed in Egypt some 5,000 years
ago comprised hundreds of pictures. Over time, the pictures were replaced by a
writing system consisting of approximately twenty signs: the alphabetic script
that reigns in Western culture to this day. Picturewriting appeared to have
been abandoned forever, but in the digital 21st century, the picture – namely,
the emoji – has returned in full force. This exhibition presents the
metamorphosis of picture-writing from antiquity to modern times through a
wealth of finds from ancient Egypt, displayed against the background of
contemporary emoji use.
Films and multimedia stations reveal how in the Cyber
Age, as in the Age of the Pyramids, pictures can provide a complex,
sophisticated system of visual communication. The objects on view from the Israel Museum collection, many on display for
the first time, are complemented by loans from a private collection in London.
https://www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/emoglyphs
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