She takes a hand herself in history
2015
Installation / Video
She takes a hand herself in history
2015
Wall paper+Index, 425 x 299 cm
After Trudi and Moshe (Miko) Schwarzt,
Inbal Raz. HD-Video, 1 min. loop
After Trudi and Moshe (Miko) Schwarzt,
Mor Gal. HD-Video, 1 min. loop
After Trudi and Moshe (Miko) Schwarzt,
Noa Zahavi. HD-Video, 1 min. loop
After Zipora David, Liran, Aviv and Shani Hadashi.
HD-Video, 1 min. loop
After Rachel Ron, Meital Sivan.
HD-Video, 1 min. loop
Interview excerpts, HD-Video, 11 min.
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The installation She takes a hand herself in history examines a shattered socialist utopia of Israel - the kibbutz. The work is based on the re-enactments of historical images that contributed to the Zionist myth of the "kibbutz" and the image of the "New Jewish Woman". Through the selection of archive material and interviews with young women on kibbutzim, the artist questions and sorts her own attitudes towards topics such as life in a (failed) social utopia; questions of equality and the role of women today in comparison to a socialist idea; and last but not least, the role and function of photography in the construction of social image memories.