More than 14 100 children from Gaza have been killed since the 7th of October, 2023. A genocide has occurred, the world and the United Nations’ universal human rights have failed to protect the people of Gaza. Those who remain must carry the burden of an incomprehensible loss.

14 100 candle wicks cover the main wall in The Cabinet. The wicks are hand-dyed in two shades of blue, resembling an open horizon where the sky meets the sea. If all the threads were laid out end to end, their total length would be 40 kilometers, about the same length as Gaza’s coastline along the Mediterranean Sea. Palestinian author Atef Abu Saif describes the sea as yet another wall rather than a way out into the world. The elongated L-shape of The Cabinet might resemble the map of the Gaza Strip, often called the world’s largest prison.

Erfjord’s sculptural installations are both subtle and monumental, with a a poetic visual language where complex themes unfold.