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At the entrance to the exhibition, in a small and darkened room, hangs a black-pen drawing titled Ice and Fire. The somewhat dramatic name refers to a medical procedure in which a chemical substance inserted intravenously "ignites a fire" within the body, which is then extinguished by chewing ice. The patient, Roee Rosen, describes this burning-freezing procedure with chilling accuracy in his book Lucy is Sick (forthcoming), which tackles the theme of cancer. The text is divided into short and condensed chapters and accompanied by line drawings. These are presented under the guise …