Bezalel Symposium for Creative Research

The Research and Innovation Authority invites you to a two-day event – The Bezalel Symposium for Creative Research.

The symposium will address the meeting place of research, creation and innovation, while presenting groundbreaking projects in the fields of art, design and architecture. Throughout the two days, lectures, discussions and workshops will explore the central questions of creative research: How is new knowledge created from practice? How can we stretch the boundaries of the field through interdisciplinary research? What tools and methods are at our disposal?

Each day of the symposium, a professional workshop focusing on the social network LinkedIn will provide practical tools for creators in promoting professional, research and academic activity on the platform.

Participation in the symposium is free. Pre-registration is required. The number of places is limited.

To register 

Wednesday–Thursday | 2–3.4.25 | The complete schedule is detailed below
Room 365, 3rd floor
Nathan Drahi Research and Innovation Center
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Campus, 1 Zmora St., Jerusalem 

Wednesday, 2.4.25

9:30–10:15 – Welcome and refreshments

10:15–10:30 – Opening remarks
Dr. Tal Hasdai-Rippa, Head of the Research and Innovation Authority
Architect Liat Brix Etgar, Vice President of Bezalel

10:30–12:00 – Material/Body
Chair – Orit Ben-Shitrit
Dr. Lena Dubinsky, Knowledge Transfer from Bezalel to Industry: Department of Ceramics and Glass Design and Paxis Ltd. as a Case Study
Dr. Racheli Wakshlak Ben-Knaz, Sol-Gel Glass – A Safe and Eco-Friendly Method for Painting Ceramics and Glass
Dr. Zivia Kay, “Second Skin” – Sustaining the Possible
Ziv Lenzner, Anatomical Art as a Tool for Thinking and Research
Architect Alon Sarig, Soft Architecture

12:00–12:15 – Break

12:15-13:45 – Pedagogy
Chair – Prof. Merav Salomon
Dr. Arch. Barak Pelman, Hybrid Learning of Crafts
Sofiya Olitsky, “The Place of Presentation: Learning in Nonlinear Space – Visual Communication as a Case Study”
Noa Sadka, Can the Word Research Be Freed from Its University Grip?
Dafna Kaffeman, How Do You Teach Research? How Do You Teach Art? The Importance of Research as a Creative Practice
Michal Eitan, Teaching in the Field – The Florence Project – The Bezalel Innovation Lab at Soroka Hospital

13:45-14:45 – Lunch

14:45–16:15 – LinkedIn Workshop for Artists (in Hebrew) – Part 1
Tamir Huberman, Optimizing Your LinkedIn Presence: Personal Branding and Effective Engagement Methods

16:15–16:30 – Break

16:30–18:00 – Culture and Critique
Rona Yefman - Radio Netiva
Dr. Liat Lavi, Artificial Intelligence and the Design of the Future
Noam Schechter, Towards Hebrew Italic: A Critical Look at Misconceptions
Dr. Miri Segal, BatLab – Between Art, Deep Learning and Psychophysical Visions
Dr. Marine Zorea, Talking Objects: Listening and Interaction in the Post Anthropocene

18:00–20:00 – Cocktail reception for conference attendees on the rooftop terrace

Thursday, 3.4.25

10:00–10:30 – Welcome and refreshments
10:30–12:00 – LinkedIn Workshop for Artists (in Hebrew) – Part 2
Tamir Huberman, Optimizing Your LinkedIn Presence: Personal Branding and Effective Engagement Methods

12:00–12:15 – Break

12:15–13:45 – Creative Ph.D./Creation-Based Ph.D. – Field Studies
Chair – Dr. Shaul Setter
Israela Shaer -Moeded, “I Did It On Purpose” – Women’s Short Films by Mizrahi Artists in the 1970s and 1980s
Tamar Harpaz, The Face as Storytelling Machine
Arch. Adi Sela Wiener, CSMs | City Scape Materials and Materiality, Redefining Urban Heritage Materiality: A Conceptual Study of Jerusalem
Dr. Ofri Cnaani, When Things Fall Apart: Practice <--> Research
Dr. Tal Mor Sinay, Informal Commemoration in Creative Research

13:45–14:45 – Lunch

14:45–16:15 – Boundary Breaking Research – Design as a Bridge between Disciplines
Dr. Elad Persov and Eran Lederman, Social Innovation in the Criminal Field, Engage2innovate
Eyal Fried, The “DESIGNTIST” – Design as a Force for Changing Reality
Oded Friedland, Apparently – Speculative Archaeological Research Based on Design
Dr. Romi Mikulinsky, Guy Blander, Tom Reznikov and Naomi Slaney, Design Research in the Field of Public Transportation for Young People in Israel