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Marek Yanai

Art is so diverse that it might be said to embrace nearly unlimited fields of expression. We will try, dear readers, to present its most interesting and aesthetic representatives.

25 בJuly 2023 /

A small-format film with depth as deep as life
Ceaselessly resonant and moving

‘Judas’

Posted in art, perspectives on life Dan Wolman’s new film is based on the last book written of the late author Amos Oz – called “The Gospel According to Judah” in Hebrew and “Judas” in English – it is a magnificent, new creation. The puzzle that Dan Wolman has assembled is perfect, starting with the format – [...]
26 בJuly 2023 /

Many people live around us, without us having in-depth knowledge of their culture.
The loss is wholly ours.
“Mariam”
A film by the artist Said Abu Shakra
Seven surprising, exciting minutes.

Posted in art, "perspectives on life" In December 2022, we visited a breath-taking exhibition: “Artists of the Abu-Shakra Family.” A link to our Hebrew article on the exhibition may be found at the end of the article. At the end of the exhibition, on a small, raised platform, a film was shown. A must-see. I was amazed. My eyes never [...]
27 בJuly 2022 /

Nature and humanity, and also humanity and nature

Fire of Love

An amazing documentary film

Photography that will make you heart skip a beat – Nature in all of its threatening beauty.

Posted in 'art' Katia & Maurice Krafft – en.wikipedia.org Katia and Maurice Krafft were a French couple who studied volcanoes in Iceland, Hawaii, Zaire, Italy, Colombia and Japan all their lives. What made them tick? Katya studied chemistry and physics at the University of Strasbourg, and Maurice studied geology. They met as students. Maurice first [...]
28 בMarch 2022 /

Small Moments with Big Scenes

As in life

The Movie “The Hand of God”

Paolo Sorrentino, the Italian director, brought life to the big screen and made a film. His ability to discern small moments and place them on a photographic pedestal is undoubtedly a talent that deserves to be highlighted. Sorrentino also wrote the script and directed film, which is inspired by his biography. Some of the facts [...]
22 בDecember 2021 /

Watching and accepting responsibility

An award-winning, captivating and exciting animated film

Nothing Happens

Michal and Uri Kranot

Animation is conquering our cultural space, and not by chance. Visuals are instantly captivating because they require less time than linear reading. The power of an image is that it can simultaneously present a subject, interpret it and sometimes even pass judgment. This advantage is understandable, especially, in an age when the pace of life [...]
7 בNovember 2021 /

“What convinces masses are not facts, and not even invented facts, but only the consistency of the system of which they are presumably part.” (Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism)

Video Game – Shepherd

If you will – the Shepherd & the Herd

We tend to think about video games as a form of entertainment, but over the last couple of decades there has been a growing movement that considers games to be a fully-fledged artistic and narrative medium. This relatively new medium enables us to explore topics and questions in ways that traditional media can’t accommodate. In [...]
11 בOctober 2021 /

Embroidering Reality as a Therapeutic Act

Joana Choumali

On March 13, 2016, a brutal terrorist attack struck Grand-Bassam, a coastal town in the Ivory Coast, near the home of artist Joana Choumali. Three weeks after the attack, Joana photographed the location and its people on her cell phone, as if she needed to bring the reality to life. The idea of embroidering the [...]
12 בJuly 2021 /

Every Day has the Potential to Surprise

The impressive female images of Moufouli Bello, the expression of their inner presence, create a mesmerizing dialogue.

And the colors? Striking!

Sometimes we are captivated. That is what happened to me when I first saw paintings by Moufouli Bello, an artist from Cotonou, Benin, a small country in west Africa. After studying law, out of commitment to the social rights of the local population, she decided to dedicate herself to her great passion, painting. To painting, she has added other [...]
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