The Polish Institute in Tel Aviv is pleased to collaborate with the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) in Tel Aviv as part of the Edna Moshenson Memorial Festival “To the Field,” taking place from 12 to 14 November 2026, which this year explores the theme of time machines. One of the festival’s key projects is The Potato Project – an artistic collaboration between Polish and Israeli artists that explores the cultural, social and historical significance of one of the foods most closely associated with Polish cuisine.

The potato serves as a starting point for a broader exploration of the connections between food, land, labour, tradition and memory. Through artistic actions, music and direct encounters with the audience, the participants seek to explore how an everyday, familiar object can become a space for cultural inquiry, bringing together stories, places and identities.

The Polish contribution to the project is represented by three artists with diverse backgrounds and practices. Maniucha Bikont is a musician, singer and cultural anthropologist whose work brings together folk music traditions, particularly those of Eastern Europe and the Polesia region, with improvisation and contemporary artistic expression. Her work explores the connections between music, tradition, community and memory, combining ethnographic research with live musical performance.

Dariusz Fodczuk is a visual artist and performer whose practice explores the intersection of art, public space and audience participation. His work focuses on the possibilities of collective action and on creating situations in which the boundaries between the artist, the artwork and the audience become blurred.

Jacek Sosnowski is a curator and art producer, and the founder of Propaganda Gallery in Warsaw, which promotes contemporary art and creates new spaces for encounters between artists, ideas and audiences. His involvement adds a curatorial dimension to the project, bringing its different artistic practices together in a shared undertaking.

On Friday, 13 November, at 14:00, the CCA courtyard will host “Field Cooking” – a collaborative artistic and culinary event in which Polish and Israeli artists will prepare a workers’ meal together. Food will serve not only as the outcome of collective work but also as a means of bringing people together and exploring the connections between culture, community and everyday traditions. Alongside the Polish artists, the participating Israeli artists will be Talia Hoffman, Ron Asulin, Michal Samama and Eitan Ben Moshe.

On Saturday, 14 November, between 14:00 and 22:00, Maniucha Bikont will perform alongside Israeli musician Assaf Talmudi as part of the festival’s music programme. Their musical encounter will add another dimension to the dialogue between traditions and sounds, continuing the project’s artistic exploration of the connections between culture, place and memory.

The Potato Project offers an unconventional perspective on the encounter between Poland and Israel, demonstrating how an everyday, familiar subject can become a starting point for contemporary artistic creation, an exchange of ideas and a renewed exploration of what the two cultures share and where they differ.

Admission is free.

For more information and the full festival programme, visit the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) website.