Yishay Garbasz (born 1970, Israel)[1] is an interdisciplinary artist who works in the fields of photography, performance and installation.
[9] Despite having suffered epoxy poisoning in 2014, from which she developed occupational asthma and chronic lung problems, she is also Germany's first trans woman triathlete.
In this work the artist puts her testicles removed during gender clarification surgery in a fish tank with formaldehyde, reminiscent of Damien Hirst's shark.
Color photographs and videos (each a 9 to 12 minute single take) are accompanied by an audio guide that describes Garbasz's three-week journey through the Fukushima exclusion zone in 2013 as well as the more general consequences of the nuclear disaster.
[29][30] 2015 Severed Connections: Do what I say or they will kill you is an exploration of how fences as physical barriers create fear that allows governments to manipulate their people.
[31] It centers around her travels to Korea, Belfast, and the West Bank where warring groups' close proximity is only separated by such barriers.