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MIRROR SWIRL MONUMENTAL TOWER WERTANLAGEN 1 WERTANLAGEN 2 NOTANGO TOTAL AUSVERKAUF
Novalog Tel Aviv Berlin artist exchange & group exhibition with Till Vanish as Pyjama Inc.
RACHEL & ISRAEL POLLACK GALLERY,TEL AVIV, STAATSBANK, BERLIN, 2001
Berlin is a city with a small immigrant population, a city with many political and religious scars, a history of separatism and division. Tel Aviv is a city made up of an immigrant population, the capital of a country in conflict, whose existence is fundamentally linked to events which took place in Berlin during the second world war. When we were invited to take part in the Novalog exhibition in Tel Aviv, we felt we had to address the political situation there in some small way, and focus on issues of homeland and belonging. To do this, we took members of the international community in Berlin, placed them in urban settings and asked them questions about where their home is. Is home whene they come from, or where they're at now? Is it a feeling or a set of values they were born into, or which they developed themselves? We asked why they came to Berlin, what their life histories are, and also what they think about the situation in Israel.
The first installment of the exhibition, in Tel Aviv, comprised an exposé of the heart-felt opinions of real Berlin individuals. Their views and ideas are juxtaposed to create a representation which is as complex as the situation itself. While in Tel Aviv, we repeated the interview process, this time with Isrealis.
The second installation, presented in Berlin, combines these two films: multi-monologues which address each other across a space filled with a projected visualisation of the two cities Berlin and Tel Aviv. The result is a piece about mobility, internationalism, immigration, definition of home, exclusion and acceptance, the significance of family and territory, and the desire to escape and to belong.