In REVOLVING, the Brooklyn-based artist (b. 1982) explores contemporary experiences with maternity and reproductive health care through the lens of ancient Babylonian ritual practices. Linking shared subject matter across a breadth of media, the exhibition includes video work (IVF Documents, 2025), an interactive installation (Purple Placenta, 2024), laser-cut aluminum collages (Lilit’s Aluminum Drawings, 2025-26), a new soft sculpture and a series of works on paper. Referencing Aramaic incantation bowls from late-antique Mesopotamia—earthenware vessels designed to trap and exorcise demons—Ettun’s ongoing multidisciplinary project Lilit the Empathic Demon (2020-present) is grounded in the artist’s personal experience and extensive research.
Tamar Ettun. Still from IVF Documents, 2025. HD video. 9 mins 30 secs.
