Noa Klagsbald (b.1992), an Israeli artist and photographer.
My practice incorporates photography, video, performance, and installation.
Professionally, as well as personally, I tend to explore different gender roles by confronting and retexturizing representations of masculinity and femininity, whilst reflecting upon their fluidity and boundaries through staged interactions.
My lens-based works, both still and moving, consist of performative gestures and scenes that I carefully stage while questioning societal gender structures. I often work closely with groups of men, whom I direct and lead through long-duration processes and elaborate productions.
The portfolio focuses on my reflections on sport, a field that is widely dominated by men. In order to foster my own sense of belonging, which is crucial for me as a female sports fan. I stage situations with athletes and male performers where my presence has meaning, almost as their coach or perhaps even as their captain.
Through my work, I also refer to known feminist performance and body art as well as to quotes from Western art history that I restage in unlikely scenarios, such as the locker room, the sports field, and industrial spaces.