David Bernstein

David Bernstein (1988, San Antonio, Texas) is an artist who combines performance, sculpture, and writing to tell stories through objects. His projects deal with a range of subjects: psychology, wellness, fetishism, and spirituality. David is a Judeo-Futurist who reclaims rituals, objects, and symbols from the past in order to rethink them and queer them. Next to his individual practice, he collaborates with a variety of people and participates in building community at Shabbes 24/7 (Belgian Jewish diasporist queer collective) and at Level Five (Brussels atelier cooperative). He completed a Masters in art from Sandberg Institute (Amsterdam) and a post-graduate residency at Jan van Eyck Academy (Maastricht). He has exhibited / performed in various galleries and museums including at Fortune Teller (Athens), CAC (Vilnius), and Artist's Club Coffre Fort (Brussels). He is currently preparing an upcoming exhibition at Kunsthal Extra City (Antwerp) for December 2023.

During his residency, Bernstein will be continuing his work on Judeo-futurism by building a Sukkah pavilion for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The holiday celebrates the end of the harvest and the tradition is to build a temporary hut outside where meals can take place. For this occasion, David has invited the architect Oleg Asoiev to design a special pavilion space where people can gather and relax. On October 6th, a public Sukkot event is planned in collaboration with Justine Jaz Okolodkoff, Lara Bongard, and Michelle Woods. At the event, there will be a conceptual dinner, collective decorations, and a queer film screening programme.