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הצילומים באדיבות RawArt gallery

20/12/2018 to - 26/01/2019

Goda Flekite Legal consequences of a dream
A solo exhibition and a special event
20.12.2018-26.1.2019
Ro-Art Gallery in cooperation with the Jerusalem Artists' Studios
Curator: Lea Abir


Saturday, December 15, at 19:00 - screening and discussion with Goda Falkita, Monika Lifshitz and Elinora Schwartz. The Artists' Workshop, Jerusalem, 26 Haoman 26, Talpiot, Jerusalem.
Thursday, 20 December, at 20:00 - Opening of a solo exhibition for Goda Flekieta at the Ro-Art Gallery and a performance by jazz musician and world musician Amir Gvirtzman. Ro-Art Gallery, March 3, Tel Aviv (Lock: 26.1.19)
The first solo exhibition of Goda Falkita in Israel is organized by the Art Gallery in Tel Aviv in cooperation with the Jerusalem Artists' Studios. The starting point for the exhibition and the event is the artist's long-standing study of the history and mythology of the Khazars , a mysterious medieval culture that once existed between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. The study included a visit to the Caucasus region and recently a visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, during which the artist met with researchers, historians, artists and experts on law and justice. Inspired by "The Dictionary of the Khazars: Lexicon Lexicon" by Milord Pavelich (1984), which describes the Khazars as a nation of "dream hunters," Flakietta examines the unique local meanings of the subject and its local manifestations throughout history and present. In this framework, the two cities - Tel Aviv and Jerusalem - serve as two physical and metaphorical points of origin and focus, and the final project contains several collaborations of the artist with local video and sound artists.
In the exhibition at the Ro-Art Gallery, Falcieta will present sculpture, installation, video, sound and performance works, along with ethnographic objects and documents. The opening event will include a performance by musician Amir Gvirtzman. At the event in the Jerusalem Artists' Workshop, which will be preceded by the opening, a new video work created by Flekieta will be screened in cooperation with the Jerusalem artist Alinora Schwartz. The video work, created during the artist's stay in the city, focuses on the Haredi community in Jerusalem. In addition to the screening, the event will also include a talk with Fleckita, Schwartz and Lithuanian curator Monika Lifshitz, who is a partner in the long-term study by Flekita.
The exhibition "Legal Implications of a Dream" traces the apocalyptic extinction of the Khazars, who lived according to pagan spiritual practices and seemed to be one of the most tolerant empires in history. The study of the Khazars throughout history is a path full of inventions, fakes, rumors and legends that have made their heritage more and more speculative. Contemporary discourse cites and treats the same path and heritage for its specific ideological needs and the Kuzari case is presented in various forms by scholars who prevent various political and religious positions. The subject of the conversion of the Khazars, for example, is a very famous controversy. Some scholars claim that the empire converted to Judaism or to Karaite Jewry and considered the Khazar kingdom to be one of the few Jewish kingdoms throughout history. In the local context of the Israeli Zionist project, the Kuzari case helps both those who wish to prove and those who seek to refute the existence of an ancient Jewish presence in the region - for example, by claiming that the kohezers, who may have converted, are the ancestors of the Ashkenazi Jews, or by various contemporary and contradictory interpretations of " Kuzari "of Judah Halevi (1139).
In any case, the presumed conversion of the Khazars occurred in the wake of a dream - a dream dreamed by Kagan, the Kuzari ruler, which he wanted to interpret. The performance exhibition of Goda Falkita follows the political power or potential power of action (agency) of dreams. The artist is interested in the role of collective imagination, in processes that legitimize nationality and religion, and in the mechanisms used to build and destroy history. It uses speculation and falsification as its main modus operandi, creating a space in which factual information and a dream life can coexist.

The exhibition is supported by the Lithuanian Cultural Institute , the Lithuanian Cultural Council , the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and the Bialik Residency of Outst .

About the participants
Goda Flkiith ( Goda Palekait? ) Was born in 1987 - in Vilnius and she lives and works in Vilnius and Brussels. She holds a BA in Art and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Vienna.
In her work, she combines artistic and anthropological modes of action into long-term processes that examine historical narratives, collective imagination, and conditions of creativity. These are often realized as representations, installations, cinematographs, texts and publications. Her latest works include the performance "Bakunin", which premiered at the Venice Architecture Biennial, and the installation "Advertisers Anarchism", which was presented at the Center for Contemporary Art in Vilna. She is currently participating in the artistic research program of a.pass in Brussels. She was nominated twice for the Golden Stage Cross award.
Monica Lifshitz ( Monika Lip?ic ) is a curator and researcher lives and works in Vilnius and Berlin. Between 2012 and 2016 she served as curator at the Center for Contemporary Art in Vilna. Since 2014 she has been working mainly with live art and performance artists, as an independent curator. Lipschitz was recently nominated for CEC Artslink and participated in the CCA Wattis Residency Program in San Francisco.
Elinora Schwartz is a multidisciplinary artist belonging to the Haredi community in Jerusalem. Schwartz was born in 1960. She studied dance and movement at the Rubin Academy and is currently studying photography at the Musrara School of Art in Jerusalem. Schwartz's work, in video and other media, deals with autobiographical experiences that critically relate to gender, hierarchy, power relations, body, identity and archives.
Amir Gvirtzman is a jazz and world music artist from Tel Aviv. He specializes in playing wind instruments from different materials and dozens of different cultures. Gvirtzman performed worldwide as a member of the Esta band, as well as with solo performances, and in May 2017 launched his solo album "Babel-Jumbo (Aspirations and Explosions)". Translated using Google translate.


location - RawArt gallery
שביל המרץ 3, בניין 8, קומה 4, תל-אביב


Time - 20/12/2018 to - 26/01/2019

Exhibition opening - 20/12/2018, שעה - 20:00


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