CASABIANCA

Adriana Torregrossa, Alessandra Andrini, Alice Tomaselli, Andrea Nacciarriti, Anna Ferraro, Anna Rispoli, Anna Maria Tina, Annalisa Cattani/Alberto Merzari, Anteo Radovan, Arianna Fantin, Cecilia Guida, Chiara Pergola, Cristian Chironi, Claire Bosi, Cesare Pietroiusti, Daniela Manzolli, Claudia Losi, Daniela Spagna Musso, Davide Bertocchi, Davide Rivalta, Davide Tranchina, Diego Zuelli, Dragoni Russo, Elena Nemkova, Elisa Vladilo, Emanuela Ascari, Emilio Fantin, Erica Fenaroli, Eva Frapiccini, Fabrizio Rivola, Federica Menin, Ferdinando Mazzitelli, Francesca Grilli, Francesco Bernardi, Francesco Finotti, Giancarlo Norese, Gianluca Cosci, Giovanna Ricotta, Giovanni Oberti, Giulia Casula, Giulia Ricci, Il Prufesur, Italo Zuffi, Jiri Kovanda, Laura Lovatel, Lorenza Lucchi Basili, Luca Scarabelli, Luca Trevisani, Lucia Leuci, Luigi Negro, Mala.arti visive, Marcella Vanzo, Marco Fantini, Marco Rambaldi, Marco Samorè, Maria Domenica Rapicavoli, Maria Lucrezia Schiavarelli, Maurizio Mercuri, Mauro Maffezzoni, Mauro Vignando, Michele Spanghero, Mili Romano, Monica Cuoghi, Morena Pedrini, Ottonella Mocellin/Nicola Pellegrini, Paola De Pietri, Paolo Parisi, Patrizia Giambi, Petar Stanovic, PetriPaselli, Pier Paolo Coro, Rebecca Agnes, Riccardo Beretta, Rita Canarezza, Rita Correddu, Roberta Piccioni, Rocco Osgnach, Sabrina Mezzaqui, Sabrina Muzi, Sabrina Torelli, Sandrine Nicoletta, Serena Porrati, Sergia Avveduti, Silke De Vivo, Simone Cesarini, Sissi, Stefania Galegati Shines, Stefano W. Pasquini, Zimmerfrei.

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Domenica 26 settembre, dalle ore 18 alle 20, inaugura il nuovo spazio espositivo Casabianca, un progetto non profit di Anteo Radovan nella campagna alle porte di Bologna, con una collettiva volutamente fuori misura in cui si intrecceranno discorsi artistici consolidati nel tempo e nuove ipotesi. Casabianca, spazio periferico agli snodi consueti, sarà una galleria in cui la dimensione domestica, relazionale e di ricerca tenteranno di convivere. A partire da ottobre, l’ultima domenica di ogni mese tre artisti metteranno a confronto a Casabianca un percorso artistico intrapreso alla fine degli anni Ottanta, uno alla metà degli anni Novanta e una ricerca iniziata di recente, cercando affinità, ramificazioni, tangenze.




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EXCEPT

Venerdì 23 Gennaio 2009 alle ore 19 nella Sala Silentium di Vicolo Bolognetti 2 a Bologna inaugura EXCEPT, un progetto concepito come un insieme di diverse modalità espressive che, venendo in contatto tra loro, si confrontano e si contaminano relazionandosi nello stesso ambiente. La performance diventa installazione, la musica pervade lo spazio e il video convive con gli altri linguaggi. La luce è un elemento fondamentale poichè gli artisti invitati si alternano secondo uno schema prestabilito: gli interventi si sussuegono nel buio a distanza di qualche minuto, ciascuno dei quali introdotto da una fonte luminosa che ne rivela la presenza e ne scandisce la durata di fruizione.
Gli artisti sono: Cuoghi Corsello, Sabrina Muzi, Marco Rambaldi, AnnaMaria Tina, Mona Lisa Tina.
Alle ore 21 seguirà il concerto di Angelo Petronella, un intervento di musica elettronica che coinvolgerà il pubblico nella fruizione di due diversi piani sonori.

Sabato 24 alle ore 21 inaugura una rassegna di video accuratamente selezionati di artisti stranieri che sarà riproposta anche nelle serate successive. La rassegna vuole offrire una parziale campionatura della video arte internazionale per mezzo di lavori che, attraverso i linguaggi dell'animazione, della manipolazione dell'immagine o della realtà in presa diretta, toccano i territori dell'ironia, della metafora, dell'intimismo, del surrealismo, dell'appartenenza culturale.
Gli artisti sono: Anne Maree Barry (Irlanda), Graw & Bockler (Germania), Kim Changkyum (Sud Corea), Ho Jin Jung (Sud Corea), Park Jinseok (Sud Corea), Dana Levy (Israele), Pascal Lièvre (Francia), Hyeran Kim (Sud Corea), Hana Miletic (Croazia), Suzanne Mooney (Irlanda), John O'Connell (Irlanda), Oliver Pietsch (Germania), Sepideh Salehi (Iran), Mark Salvatus (Filippine), Emilia Scharfe (Germania), Dafna Shalom (Israele), Martin Zet (Cecoslovacchia).


Friday January 23rd at 7 pm in the "Sala Silentium" of Vicolo Bolognetti 2, Bologna opens EXCEPT, a project conceived as a mix of several different modalities of expression that, once they are connected with each other, they will be able to compare and taint themselves in the same environment. The performance becomes installation, the music penetrates space, while videos cohabits with the others types of languages. Light is a key element and this is because artists interchange and alternate each others following a predetermined schedule: participants and their performances follow one after another in the dark maintaining a distance of a few minutes, and each everyone of them will be introduced by a bright light that will be underlining their presence, defining also the timing of fruition. The artists are: Cuoghi Corsello, Sabrina Muzi, Marco Rambaldi, AnnaMaria Tina, Mona Lisa Tina. At 9 pm a concert by Angelo Petronella will be held, revealing an electronic music participation where people will be carried away by the fruition of two different sound levels.

On Saturday 24th at 9 pm will be open a screening of videos very accurately selected by foreigner artists that will be reproposed also during the next nights. The exhibition wants to offer a partial range of samples of the International Video Art by using works that through animation, manipulation of images or direct take up of reality, will touch areas such as irony, metaphors, intimacy, surrealism and cultural belonging. The artists are: Anne Maree Barry (Irlanda), Graw & Bockler (Germania), Kim Changkyum (Sud Corea), Ho Jin Jung (Sud Corea), Park Jinseok (Sud Corea), Dana Levy (Israele), Pascal Lièvre (Francia), Hyeran Kim (Sud Corea), Hana Miletic (Croazia), Suzanne Mooney (Irlanda), John O'Connell (Irlanda), Oliver Pietsch (Germania), Sepideh Salehi (Iran), Mark Salvatus (Filippine), Emilia Scharfe (Germania), Dafna Shalom (Israele), Martin Zet (Cecoslovacchia).

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EXCEPT è un progetto ideato e realizzato da LIMEN
EXCEPT is a project idealized and created by LIMEN

con il patrocinio del / with the support of Quartiere S. Vitale di Bologna
si ringrazia / special thanks: c/o careof DOCVA - neon>campobase - ROOM artecontemporanea
supporto multimediale / multimedia support: Loop srl
service audio / audio service: House of Music
bio buffet / organic buffet: Chef Toi

La mostra resterà aperta dal 23 al 29 gennaio 2009
The exhibition will be opened by January 23rd to January 29th 2009

Inaugurazione mostra: venerdì 23 gennaio ore 19
Exhibition opening reception: Friday, January 23, 7:00 pm
Inaugurazione Rassegna video: 24 gennaio ore 21
Video Screening opening reception: Saturday, January 24, 9:00 pm

Ingresso gratuito / Free entry

Orari d'apertura / Opening schedule
24 e 25 gennaio dalle ore 18 alle ore 24 / January 24th and 25th starting at 6 pm to 12pm.
dal 26 al 29 gennaio dalle ore 18 alle ore 22 / From January 26th to January 29th starting at 6 pm to 10 pm

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EXCEPT - PERFORMANCES / ISTALLAZIONI

CUOGHI CORSELLO

Monica Cuoghi e Claudio Corsello si sono diplomati all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna dove vivono e lavorano. Nel 1989 hanno formato il loro gruppo di ricerca artistica. DEGRADO4U è una grafica della crew “mazzini old bastards” che rappresenta uno dei loro modi di far parte della realtà musicale e visiva, è nata nel 2003 nella terza fabbrica da loro occupata: FIAT. In mostra sarà presente l'inizio del progetto che seguirà in primavera alla galleria Neon Campobase di Bologna.

SABRINA MUZI

Vive e lavora a Bologna. Si forma all’Accademia di Belle Arti. Interessata ai temi relativi al corpo/soggetto e alle sue connessioni con l'ambiente sociale e naturale, utilizza differenti media, spesso in relazione tra loro: installazione, video, fotografia, performance. Nel 2007 partecipa al programma “IASK-Changdong Art Studio” del Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Seoul esponendo il progetto fotografico Wildernesses. Nel 2008 realizza Remote Body, video installazione attualmente presente ad “Appunti#2” al CIAC di Genazzano (Roma) e partecipa al Progetto Container, Bologna.

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ANGELO PETRONELLA

Vive e lavora a Milano. Dopo una formazione centrata sulla musica elettroacustica e l’informatica musicale, utilizza il suono in due ambiti principali: la composizione per il solo ascolto e opere di sound art, la maggior parte interattive. Tra gli ultimi lavori: Sintesi da un diario (2006) cd pubblicato dall’etichetta Die Schachtel (Milano), Per connessioni (2007) installazione interattiva per “Dissonanze” nel chiostro del Bramante a Roma, Starting from breath (2008) installazione interattiva per la Triennale di Praga.

MARCO RAMBALDI

Nasce a Bologna dove si diploma all’Accademia di Belle Arti. Per la sua ricerca utilizza prevalentemente la fotografia, il video e l’istallazione. Espone al Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma (1999), alla Documenta Halle di Kassel (2001), nel 2007 viene selezionato per il Detroit's 10th International Film & Video Festival al MONA di Detroit. La sua ultima personale è del 2008 alla Galleria Room Artecontemporanea di Milano dove dà inizio a “Opening”, un ampio progetto che vede il pubblico entrare a far parte dell’opera, e che realizza qui il suo secondo momento.

www.marcorambaldi.com

ANNAMARIA TINA

Nata in Germania, si laurea all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, dove vive e lavora. Dal 2005 al 2007 collabora a “Orfeo Hotel contemporary art project” di Elisa Laraia e costituisce con Mona Lisa Tina il “Magische Zaubereien Project”. Nel 2008 è selezionata da Viafarini, workshop di Kim Jones. Lavora con performaces, foto, installazioni visive e sonore. Usa il corpo in relazione a strutture architettoniche e di pensiero. Tra le ultime mostre: Controlled mental space solo show al CRAC di Cremona, Daimon 2 al museo della città di Collegno.

MONA LISA TINA

Nata a Brindisi, si laurea all’Accademia di Belle Arti ed è iscritta al corso di formazione dell’Istituto “Art Therapy Italiana di Bologna”. Dal 2005 al 2007 collabora a “Orfeo hotel contemporary art project” e con Anna Maria Tina crea “Magische Zaubereien Project”. Oggetto della sua ricerca è il suo stesso corpo che ibrida e muta enfatizzando l’avvento delle nuove tecnologie e dei nuovi canoni estetici. Lavora con performances, installazioni e fotografia. Tra le sue ultime personali: Anamnesi e Obscuratio, 2008, galleria fuorizona artecontemporanea, Macerata.

EXCEPT VIDEO

GRAW BOCKLER

Because
South Corea - Seoul and Pusan. Two cases of city moloch in high summer. Life shifts to the cooler evening hours. Moments of nightly routine are constantly looped. The visual principle finds its equivalent in the loop structure of the track "Because" by Ulf Lohmann. South Corea / Cologne 2002. Nominated for the MuVi award 2002 as "best German music clip" at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.

MARTIN ZET

Martin Zet was usually working in parallel on several themes. About two years ago he left this module. Now he tries not to work at all or to focus on one thing for a longer period of time. This change surprisingly increased his inner uncertainty.

MARK SALVATUS

Mark Salvatus (1980) is a cross-disciplinary artist based in Manila, Philippines. His works deals with familiar objects and everyday experiences using different media from drawings, installations, photography, street/urban art and video building drama to question memory, nostalgia, existence and space, making a new perspective between the viewer and the work. His works has been presented, screened and exhibited in different galleries, museums and festivals including Cultural Center of the Philippines; Can Serrat Centro de Actividades Artisticas, Barcelona; Goyang Art Studio Gallery, South Korea, (ATVP) Contemporary Art, Sydney; National Center of Contemporary Art in Moscow.
Biyernes (Friday), (2008) - 1’30”
While passing by Quiapo in Manila, (an old district of the city) I stumbled upon this electronic billboard beside the Quiapo Church and started recording it. This electronic billboard is a sign of how influences are being mixed up in the Philippines- Catholicism brought by the Spaniards, TV/video of the Americans and technology from Japan...__The Philippines were colonized by Spaniards (more than 300 years), Americans (40 years), Japan (3 years)

HO-JIN JUNG

Nata in Corea, dopo gli studi universitari in scultura si trasferisce a Milano dove segue il corso di specializzazione a Brera. Nel 2007 vince il concorso per monumento nella piazza del municipio, Assago Milano. Nel 2009, mostra personale a Roma, nella galleria dell'Ambascata Coreana e una collettiva nel Parco Arte Sella. altre mostre: 2008 Premio Nazionale delle Arti, Le Ciminiere, Catania 2008 Installazione "Rovi", Cipressa, 2007 "Venti di Erasmus", Villa Litta Lainate Milano, 2006 "Salon I" Museo della Permanente, Milano, 2006 Rassegna video, Mediateca di S. Teresa - Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Milano

Arirang
Il video "ARIRANG" è uno spazio immaginario dove viene ricostruito il vecchio canto popolare coreano che porta lo stesso nome. Le voci che parlano, cantano "Arirang" si sovrappongono e prendono forme - le voci sono incise in lettere coreane ed in alfabeto latino sui diversi strati dei cilindri. I cilindri ruotano su se stessi come il canto, 'arirang, arirang arariyo....'. Ruotando, le parole diventano dei segni grafici e il canto perde il significato della parola acquistando una nuova dimensione.

PARK JINSEOK

Nasce a Po Hang, Corea del Sud nel 1972. Vive e lavora a Milano. Ha realizzato mostre personali e collettive presso la galleria "Room Arte Contemporanea" a Milano nel 2007 e nel 2008, nel 2007 partecipa a "Placentia Arte" a Piacenza e nel 2005 espone presso la "Plus gallery" ad Aichi in Giappone. Numerose sono le partecipazioni a film festival internazionali tra cui ricordiamo Castelli Animati e Anima 04 premiati con la "Special mentions" e Canadian showcase for computer animation nel 2003.

User's Manual
''User's Manual'' è una serie di 7 manuali d'uso che spiegano come utilizzare il corpo umano seguendo le istruzioni dell'artista, il quale attraverso disegni ironici e inquietanti critica l'odierno consumismo.

SEPIDEH SALEHI

Sepideh Salehi e nata a Tehran nel 1972 dove si e laureata in Lingue. Si e trasferita successivamente a Firenze dove ha conseguito una seconda laurea presso l’Accademia di Belle Arti. Attualmente vive a lavora a Brooklyn,NY. I suoi lavori sono stati presentati in mostre collettive e personali tra loro one Planet, One Experiment, Woman Made Gallery, Curated by Leslie Sobel & Lynda Cole, Chicago, Ondavideo, Donne, image of the women between photography, film and video art, curated by Sandra Lischi, Pisa, Echi da Tehran, Iranian Contemporary Artists, curated by Annalisa Cipariani, Massimiliano Vannucci, Afshin Raufi, Palazzo Comunale, Pistoia, international Contemporary Art Fair in Bologna, at the Biagiotti Gallery, Art Project, Florence, Participated in the Exhibition Pitti Immagine in over six editions, comparing fashion with contemporary creative languages using different media of art including painting, sculpture and installation.

Chador 4’35”
Un indagine intima e silenziosa sul rapporto tra il chador e il corpo femminile le immagini in bianco e nero, lievi e fragili come sul punto di sfaldarsi, raccontano attraverso un gioco di trasparenze quello che una donna vive sotto il chador. si intuiscono i pensieri, le emozioni, i sentimenti. Una poesia al femminile carica di sensualita.

PASCAL LIÈVRE

Whether it is through his “silhouettes” paintings orhis much acclaimed videos such as ‘Abba Mao’, ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Savoir Aimer’, Pascal Lièvre (born in 1963 in Lisieux, France) re-appropriates himself icons of pop culture and mixes them to create a new language. He constantly scraps out famous historical art works from all their geometrical structure and background in his paintings, keeping only the main character’s silhouette(s) to produce new minimalist, updated, familiar yet puzzling works. His paintings are a reflection on the History of Art as well as about all things we may take for granted, seeing them always from the same angles but once these angles change, then we wi ll discover a whole new world. His “karaoke” videos follow the same path as he mixes pop songs wi th key 20th and 21st century historic speeches and texts as a political tool to speak with about current and passionate issues. Interestingly, the subjects he treats are serious and deep but the new language he creates brings them into a new pop dimension. ”. In 2009, on average, his videos were being shown on a monthly basis, in at least five different locations or events all over the world.

Marie
Marie is not a video. It is a painting. A singing painting. When people watch the video they are looking for more than three minutes a detail of an El greco painting. It is an experience than the author wants to share with the audience. To actualize the painting, there is a song. A famous french pop song, of the most popular artist in France for 40 years Johnny Halliday. This song transforms the figure of the christ, he 's now a pop singer who is so disappointed by Humanity.

HYERAN KIM

born in Seoul, Korea, 1974
She finished B.A. in visual arts department of Seoul National University in 1998, received European Media Master of Arts degree for image synthesis and computer animation pathway of Utrecht School of the Arts, the Netherlands in 2000. After graduation, she came back to Seoul, worked as a web designer in Art Center Nabi. Since she investigated on the notion of Interaction through traditional paintings to net art in her M.A. thesis, additional experiences in the center as a researcher helped her to curate several media exhibitions later. She has been participated in exhibitions as well and her works were introduced in screening projects held in public spaces varying from old city walls to new LED building. Recently she started VJing in exhibitions, festivals and concerts and tries to develop her animation works in installation by adapting multiple LCD panels.

A certain fear (2008) 4’ 31” (Animation)
I grew a cat named 'Sal'.One day, I was sitting in a sofa, just turned my head, there she was under the armrest looking at me with those big green empty eyes. The sensation which I got instantly from her eyes raised the insecurities and fears which had been residing in my mind. I had a dream that evil was growing. While it had a huge head, the legs and rest of other parts were too thin to be recognized. I was walking and talking with a Big-Head, meanwhile I was amazed by watching its legs were growing longer and stronger with enormous speed.

The work started from my fragmented ideas in daily experiences including strange dreams which are supposed to represent our subconscious mind. The earlier images had appeared in 1997, regardless of the initial subject, I kept having the urge to connect chores from the past to the present, which awakened the ambiguous feeling of fear. Instead of starting from a specific plot, I tried to describe vague and abstract feeling by linking several images.

JOHN O'CONNELL

And in the end – 6 Min, 30 sec
16mm transfer to Video
The film opens out onto a timeless arena, somewhere between the familiar and the unknown. A miniature landscape was constructed in the studio using low grade and nearly broken, casual materials that suggest a future world. Through the language of landscape the world transformes as weather systems are performed and some melting occurs. As the form of the film evolves the severity of the weather increases and the land struggles through a series of tectonic acts.

HANA MILETIC

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Education: 2005 – 2009: Master in Photography, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen, Belgie - 2001 – 2005: Master in Art History and Archaeology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgie
Exhibitions: Hana Miletic, Mirage, Galerija SC, Zagreb 04 – 16.07.2008. Various Photographs, curated by Tim Barber, New York Photo Festival, New York 14 - 18.05.2008. International biennial Supermarket of Art VI/2 - (im)mortal love, Warsaw 22.10 – 09.11.2007. Project Insight, Antwerpen, Belgie 21 - 28.11.2007. Project Dokumenti, Galerija MMC Luka, Pula
Publications: Interview Hana Miletic, Vice Magazine, April 2008. Dresslab mode+music+art, January 2008 www.dresslab.com Nothing Lasts Forever Magazine, issue nr 11 the Darkness www.nlfmagazine.com
Wind
The installation Wind consists of various video’s with a duration of ca one minute (shown in loop ).
The video’s show similar images of cars and motors protected with covers. Although focusing on the same subject, slight differences in image are visible. In each video a gust of wind moves the cover. The cover transforms into another form, and seems to keep morphing further. This cover becomes an organic and tactile form, that is independent from the car it protects. The tactility of the images is underlined by the choice of subject matter, cars and motors with covers. Something as banal as a covered up transport vehicle begins to function as something else, a new subject.

SUZANNE MOONEY

Suzanne Mooney (Dublin, 1979) is an Irish artist and and has exhibited work throughout Ireland and internationally. She graduated with a Masters Degree in Fine Art, Virtual Realities, from the National College of Art and Design in 2005. Suzanne has received regular support from a number of funding bodies, including The Arts Council of Ireland has been awarded residencies in Iceland, Korea, Ireland and Spain. Utilising time-based and spacial media she references Romanticism and The Landscape, looking at how we interact within and experience space and Place, individually and collectively. Borrowing motifs and imagery from Romantic painting she seeks to cause us to question our perceptions of the world we live in.
Genius Loci (2008) 3’ 10”
'Genius Loci' opens onto a view of a temporal space in a generic cityscape. This contemporary architectural landscape acts as a viewing platform onto the city below. The identity of the people and the place itself appear to be of no significance, but instead act as a representation of every city and every person experiencing this kind of space. This real place exists in a timeless space as the edited timeline fades between different moments in time, allowing these moments to co-exist in the same frame, outside of any real time. Developments in technology, including communication networks, architecture and transport, have greatly affected our concept of and relationship with the spaces that we occupy. As a result of increased globalization: human connectedness and disconnection from our immediate physical location are in a constant state of change and development. 'Genius Loci' invites the viewer to share in a moment of contemplation on the relationship between our Self and the spaces that we occupy in this current time.

ANNE MAREE BARRY

Anne Maree Barry is a visual artist and film maker based in Dublin. Her award winning experimental short films have been screened and exhibited worldwide. She is currently working on her first documentary short film Rialto Twirlers that captures a secret moment of unity and beauty as eight girls rehearse their routine for the final time before a national majorette competition.
www.annemareebarry.com

Anamnesis (2008) 3’ 20” (Single channel video with sound)
Anamnesis is an exploration of visual and verbal story-telling. It places the viewer in a privileged position – the viewer is privy to information or a story of which others are unaware.

DANA LEVY

Born in Tel Aviv
1997-1998 Post Graduate Diploma- Electronic Imaging-Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art-Dundee, Scotland, 1994-1997- BA Graphic Design Camberwell College of Art, London. Works with Photography and Video. Solo exhibitions include: "Habitat" Tavi Dresdner Gallery Tel Aviv (opening Jan 24th 2008); "Back to the Sea" Rosenfeld Gallery/Tel Aviv (2004),"Last Moments" Haifa Museum of Art (2004), "Sing Me a Song and Tell Me Your Story" DigitalArtLab/Holon (2002). Group exhibitions include: "Disengagement" Tel-Aviv Museum of Art (2006), Won Jury award at the Hamburg short film festival (2006) ;"The Promise the Land" ,OK center for Contemporary Art, Linz Austria (2003); Mediterranean Film Festival/Montpellier(2004, 2006),"Legal Aliens" Smack Melon New York (2007); Les Rencontres Internationales Paris(2007);"Work/Slavery" Museum on the seam Jerusalem (2006-2007) Art residencies include,: Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida,USA(2001);OK center for Contemporary Art ,Austria(2003); Hotel Pupik, Schrattenburg Austria (2005);Routes Around the World; Berlin& Middle East (2006) O'artoteca Milan, Italy(2007)
Silent Among Us (2008) 5’
Soundtrack: Joseph Peppo Levy and Joni Rokotnitz. Produced by Struman House and Mufal HaPais. Shot in a local Natural history museum in northern Israel. 100 white doves fly around cabinets of stuffed birds and other animals. This is symbol to a culture which is unwilling to let the past go, and lives so naturally with the dead. They stand in silence, but fully present, as we continue living.

DAFNA SHALOM

Dafna Shalom studied at the International Center for Photography in New York, and graduated from Hunter College with a degree in fine arts. She assisted on various contemporary art projects while working for the Public Art Fund and for the Multimedia artist Oliver Herring in New York. In her video and photography works, Shalom developed a personal visual vocabualry that is minimalist and the emotional, ceremonial and conceptual. Her works, rooted in a traditional Marrocan/Yemenite Jewish family in Israel, suggest corporal fragility, dislocation and otherness. In the passed 4 years Shalom has been sharing her time between Israel and New York developing projects that explore learned and inherited ideas, war myths and identity. She exhibited at different venues like Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv, The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, USA, The Minnesota Center for Photography, USA, En Charod museum of art, Israel, The Artist House Jerusalem, Three Colts Gallery, London, Clamp Art, New York, Suzanne Dellal Preforming Art Center, Petach Tikva Museum and more.

Arvit (evening prayer) (2008) 4’ 13” Arvit (evening prayer) is part of 6 "time-specific" video series that explore the role of a prayer as a source for both emotional and spiritual expression and a dividing political force. The videos integrate the modernist idea of "site-specific" works with the cycle of time-based transitional rituals (day to night, night to day, year to year, week to week) Each video pulls minimalist fragments of a traditional ceremony, thickens the changes of time and open multiple interpretations associated with scarifice, war myths, tradition and modernity. In Arvit (evening prayer) a blindfolded figure, marks the transition between day and night while preforming an enigmatic evening praying ritual. Text from the traditional Jewish prayer is printed on the blindfold, turning the textual into a physical material. Black Hebrew letters emphasize the difference between those who are "strangers" to the language and those who are not, delving into questions of foriegners and locals, US and THEM. The video starts with tight close-up of the spinning blindfold and gradually exposes the chanting woman and the written text. It ends with a spot-light that moves across total darkness and passes frequently through the blindfolded face. In Arvit (evening prayer) elements that are used in traditional ceremonies to heighten spiritual experience like spinning, light and darkness and transitions from sound to silence, are used to emphasize power hierarchy vulnerability and alienation.