In the total darkness of a breeding cave of the greater mouse-tailed bat (an insectivorous bat whose females migrate to northern Israel each summer to give birth and raise their young), an entire world of life unfolds, hidden from our eyes. The cave is a small, crowded hollow that every summer gathers thousands of pregnant females and offers them exceptional conditions for giving birth and raising their pups. Yet this same immense concentration of life also turns the cave into a magnet for predators seeking easy, readily available prey.

For about two and a half months at the height of summer, Prof. Eran Levin documented one such breeding cave using two infrared cameras designed for filming in darkness: one inside the cave and the other at its entrance. The cameras followed the life of the colony (the gathering of the bats, the births, the rearing of the young, and their social interactions) as well as the predators that visit the cave and feed on its inhabitants.

From this footage, Prof. Levin and artist Daniel Meir created a two-channel Video that brings together scientific observation and an artistic gaze. One screen reveals life inside the cave, and the other shows what takes place at its entrance and beyond. Together, they present different faces of the same place.

Prof. Eran Levin of the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University studies, among other subjects, the lives of bats.

In recent years, sound artist Daniel Meir has accompanied Prof. Levin in his research, recording bats and processing their calls in his work.