The Chairs of Be'eri

A chair carries the shape of everyday life: a conversation, a shared meal, a moment of rest beside someone we love. In The Chairs of Be’eri, this familiar object becomes a presence defined by those who are missing.

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Vibrant and sculptural, Chisin’s chairs hold the tension between the warmth of domestic life and the silence left by loss. Their emptiness evokes conversations that will never take place, gestures that will never be repeated, and futures that can no longer unfold.

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The series reaches beyond remembrance to consider how loss continues to inhabit the lives of those who remain. Within the home, an ordinary glance can become an encounter with grief, bringing absence into the present.

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Photographed by Naomi Redel in a domestic setting, the chairs become part of this continuing dialogue between daily life and memory. Their color and beauty make room for an encounter with pain — a brief moment in which it becomes possible to look, remember, and remain.