the marking has started
Pictures from the first two days of marking the Manshia quarter on the lawns of Charles Clore Park, Tel Aviv.
September 27, 2007
September 22, 2007
Hassan Beck Street on the Corner of Abu Lughud
Hassan Beck Street on the Corner of Abu Lughud
Manshia Quarter –
Marking the Manshia Quarter on the lawns of
Ronen
September 26 – 29, 2007
(The public is invited to join and mark with is from the morning until dark)
Project Opening Event:
September 29, Saturday Chol Hamoed Succoth, 16:00
With the help of soccer field marking equipment, Ronen Eidelman marks out the grid of streets and houses of the Manshia Quarter. The marking is done near the sea, on the border between present day Tel Aviv and Jaffa, on the grassy lawns of the Charles Clore Park, while families from Jaffa, laboring immigrants from Neve Sha’anan, students from Florentine and yuppies from Neve Tzedek sit around, play soccer and barbeque. A group of people dressed in white is practicing yoga; while brides and grooms are being photographed with the setting sun in the background.
The Manshia Quarter is buried deep beneath the grassy lawns of Charles Clore Park. It was established in the seventies of the nineteenth century as a Muslim suburban neighborhood of Jaffa. After 1948, Jewish immigrants, most of whom were Holocaust survivors, came to the quarter which had been destroyed during its occupation by Etzel. In the middle of the sixties the quarter was totally demolished and in its stead the Charles Clore Park was built.
Eidelman brings the streets and houses of Manshia up to the surface. The white lines delineate the quarter that lies under the grassy lawns of Charles Clore Park – the streets and buildings – the ghost of Manshia. The markings, made with white lines, are reminiscent of police markings at a murder scene, in this case the murder of the houses, the architectural murder, the cultural murder of Jaffa. At the same time he speaks in the language of soccer and the lawns of the park and the current use of it nowadays. The lines in the soccer field are quite clear; however they do not interfere with the traffic. Similar to the borders of the soccer field, Eidelman redefines the boundaries of the Manshia Quarter without constituting an obstacle or hindering the present day life that continues to carry on in Charles Clore Park; he only made a mark that must be taken into consideration.
In the framework of the “Autobiography of a City” project run by the Ayam Association – Understanding and Dialogue (RA) www.jaffaproject.org
With the assistance of the Tel Aviv – Jaffa Municipality’s Culture and Arts Division, Department of Arts / and the Israeli Center for Digital Art in Holon
Project website: www.jaffaproject.org/events
September 11, 2007
Turning a dead giraffe into an idea
Peter Friedl’s work “Zoo Story” that was exhibited at the Documenta 12 was a great attention grabber, but is also a remarkable work of art?
Peter Friedl, exhibited three art works at Documenta 12: “Ohne Titel”, drawings from 1968 that the artist drew when he was eight years old, “Tiger or Lion” from 2000, and “Zoo Story” from 2007. Zoo Story was one of the most popular art works and was a central photograph in many of the articles reviewing the Documenta. It’s clear that the sad looking nine-year-old giraffe, which died under tragic circumstances in Palestine in 2003, was a great attention drawer.
This giraffe, named Brownie really confused me, I could not make up my mind about how I felt about this giraffe as a work of art. There is clearly a gimmick: a badly stuffed childish animal with a heroic life story is of course an attention-grabber. But there is nothing wrong with a gimmick, if behind the gimmick lays a deeper meaning. And this is where my uncertainty comes. According to the catalog, the artist wanted to “trigger a narrative distinct from the stereotypical impotent media images”; on the surface he managed to do this – we don’t really see many giraffes, talk about zoos, or even think about children’s leisure time, when the media deals with Palestine. Read More »
Short interview with guard at the Venice biennale
This interview was conducted on the 8th of June, in the Arsenale and was broadcated on Bauhaus.fm and was part of “Pizza Kebap Kunst” installation.
The guard named margarita was in charge of guarding the work of Christine Hill. The Interview was held by Ivo Sebastian Rallo in Italian and translated by him.
S: How is it to work here?
M: I’m precarious, I’m here because, after 4 years applying they finally called me. in my opinion, with this Biagi law (employment law in Italy) the situation in Italy is disgusting.
How much do you get per hour?
I earn six euros per hour and work 4 hours a day.
So you are also part-time?
Yes, with a temporary contract, it can be renewed if there is the need, although with big sacrifices.
In general, how is the relationship between your colleagues and your bosses?
Ah, good, good.
Do you get along well?
Yes
Are most of them from Venice?
Also if you look to other working places, in all Italy, most of the jobs are precarious, even people who are 30 or older.
Are the workers here all Veneziani?
I don’t know, I don’t know if there are only Veneziani, I don’t think so, for sure also from the mainland, for example I am from santa maria di sale, that is pretty far away.
What would you suggest for us to visit in the biennale. What impressed you?
Until now I have not seen anything, I’ve only seen this, I’m here since the sixth, and I didn’t move from here until now, and … I don’t know where they will put me in the next days, for me this art piece is nicest, very good organized.
Do you know that this artist is a professor in our university, the Bauhaus university in Weimar?
Yes, nice
Does this work mean something to you?
To be very organized… Americans aren’t organized, but German, Swiss, and Austrians are really square heads!
What would you suggest to us to see here in Venice that is typically veneciano and not touristy?
You should visit the academia, the ghetto …you should go to the Lido of Venecia for a walk, it’s really nice, the academia and then the so called touristy side, like San Marco, you know, enjoying the city walking through calli and callete
One cheap place to eat here in Venice?
Mc Donalds
Can you recommend me a typical meal from Venice?
Pasta with beans, of course fish and then bigoli witch anchovy sauce
What are bigoli?
It’s a typical type of pasta Veneziana