Postcards from Elsewhere

June 2025. Israel is at war with Iran. For 12 days straight, the missiles haven't stopped. There is no shelter in my building; the nearest one is 400 meters away. I have three minutes to grab my essentials and run. The sky is closed, with no flights in or out.

So, I decided to create my own escape. Using AI, I built a parallel universe where I am free to be whoever, wherever, and whenever I want. Through these 12 days, I took the liberty of slipping into the lives of different women, wearing their identities like a synthetic costume. Or perhaps I was just exploring the hidden, eccentric corners of my own self?
While generating my "Postcards from Elsewhere," I was thinking about female artists like Cindy Sherman and Laurie Simmons. They were significant voices at the time, and deeply influential to me personally when I started my photography studies at Bezalel Academy. I was intrigued by the ability of photography to enable the exploration of identity and the self. I feel that Gen AI tools are adding a new layer to this exploration.

It was a project with a deadline, a commitment to last only as long as this round of fighting. And so I did.