Not Everyone Will Be Taken to a Bunker is a multimedia installation created for an exhibition at Hajusom e.V. in a bunker on Feldstraße in Hamburg. Protective shelters have been part of Israel’s civilian architecture since the early years of the state, and protected spaces have been mandatory in new construction since 1992.

The Negev Desert covers approximately 60 percent of Israel. On 7 October 2023, several locations in southern Israel, including the Supernova festival near Re’im, were attacked.

The installation projects a static video image of the Negev onto a bunker wall. Mirrors create the illusion of an infinitely expanding space within the bunker’s confined interior. The work brings opposing conditions into tension: enclosure and openness, safety and danger, security and freedom.

Christian Pappalardo’s sound composition draws on conversations with Israelis about their experiences in bomb shelters. It combines bunker sounds, fragments from social media and news reports, and psytrance-inspired rhythms that evoke the Supernova festival.


Sound composition: Christian Pappalardo
Camera: Alexey Kudrik
Technical design: Arne Mier and Ole Manke


Not Everyone Will Be Taken to a Bunker, 2024
700 × 270 cm
Video projection, mirrors, sound
Duration: 49 min 10 sec
Photos: Jaewon Kim