{"id":11017,"date":"2011-03-17T01:21:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T08:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=11017"},"modified":"2011-03-17T01:21:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T08:21:36","slug":"meet-the-monster-at-bezalel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=11017","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Monster at Bezalel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/party-2010-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11018\" title=\"party 2010 small\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/party-2010-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/party-2010-small.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/party-2010-small-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Art students know how to party, and the annual Purim Ball at Bezalel is amazing \u2013 a great reason to be an art student; or to know some\u2026party tickets will only be available to art students.<\/p>\n<p>The annual Purim Ball at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design is one of the major Purim Parties in Israel and the party of the year in Jerusalem an established tradition of creativity as a new generation of artists lets their imaginations go wild.<\/p>\n<p>This year thousands of party goers \u2013 students from other art schools, Bezalel graduates and people who like to party will come from all over Israel for a night of multi-sensory experiences: an art ball on the theme of \u201cThe Monster Returns\u201d (the students call the building the monster) challenging the borders between artist and audience, creating an alternative cultural environment. The artistic concept is \u201cart invasion\u201d flooding the spaces of the building with art works and exhibits of students from Bezalel and other art schools.<\/p>\n<p>There are 5 major spaces within the building \u2013 each will have an individual design.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hall of Fame <\/strong>\u2013 the main stage, this is where it all happens! In the heart of the monster, a huge, glittering stage with DJ Mash, Adi Neuman vs Gili Saar, John Aaron aka mojo, and Geo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trash Pop Wonderland<\/strong> \u2013 the Gay space with feathers &amp; glitter galore. Daniel Maryuma and Georgia in drag in the fashion hall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Barn<\/strong> \u2013 an Arabic \u2013 Balkan \u2018Hafla\u2019 with Sheikhs Hassid Abadi and Balkadan presiding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bass Camp<\/strong> \u2013 Dub and Glitz princes of Jerusalem, Dub El Wad will rock with 8BIT, HAMSTA, GUVIBOSCH and VJ PlanktON in the photography &amp; multi-disciplinary dept.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Edge of the World<\/strong> \u2013 this is it, the extreme edge where no one knows what will happen. Music by Schoolmaster &amp; Digital Me. In the Visual Communications Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>Lighting and design by LiCHTPiRATEN (Berlin), video by Majedra Eyes, and Bezalel graduate and designer Itamar Pluga will preside over a giant collective painting. This year, for the first time, the Bezalel Ball is produced in cooperation with ASLI (Art Students Association in Jerusalem), including participants and artists from several art schools in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will be sold to Bezalel students and students of Jerusalem art schools, at 60 NIS, and to their friends at 80 NIS. Tickets may be purchased at: Hakatze Bar, 4 Shushan Street, Jerusalem;\u00a0 Itzik\u2019s Place, Derech Beit Lechem, Jerusalem; Jabotinsky \u2013 Ben Shetach Midrachov, Jerusalem; Pasta Basta \u2013 Machne Yehuda Market, Jerusalem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art students know how to party, and the annual Purim Ball at Bezalel is amazing \u2013 a great reason to be an art student; or to know some\u2026party tickets will only be available to art students. 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