Subject: Forbidden Junctions
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:32:19 +0200
Forbidden Junctions
A group exhibition at the Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
Opening: This Saturday, 14 February 2009, 8 p.m.
System Aali will be performing on the opening night
http://www.digitalartlab.org.il
The exhibition Forbidden Junctions wishes to
introduce a multi-directional thought process
pointing at changing stratified cultural
realities which challenge deep-seated identity
tags. The exhibition features artists from
several Middle Eastern countries (Israel,
Palestine, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran) whose works
address issues pertinent to the political,
cultural, and dynamic reality in which we live.
Most of the works were created for the
exhibition, presenting intercultural junctions
where various groups adopt certain symbols, while
relinquishing others.
The term forbidden junctions (or prohibited
hybrids) originates in the Torah. It refers to
the five negative commandments; the prohibitions
regarding the mixing of species or commingling of
different kinds (kilayim). In the context of the
exhibition, the term has been borrowed to
indicate questions arising from cultural
syntheses, acknowledging that culture is never
static.
Participating artists:
Wafaa Bilal, Eli Petel, Reem Daas, Solmaz
Shahbazi, Joseph Dadoune, Suleiman Mansour, Köken
Ergun, Nurit Sharett, Scandar Copti, Armin Linke,
Francesco Mattuzzi, and Renato Rinaldi.
Curator: Dor Guez
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