{"id":11567,"date":"2011-04-09T22:03:45","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T05:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=11567"},"modified":"2011-04-15T13:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T20:43:44","slug":"shibboleth-at-jaffa-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=11567","title":{"rendered":"“Shibboleth” at Jaffa Port"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Design: Sharon Vazana & Adi Tako<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cShibboleth\u201d: A Site Specific Exhibition<\/strong> will open at Jaffa Port on April 15, 2011 at noon, with a performance by System Ali, the multi-lingual, multi-cultural Hip Hop Group. The port will be an integral part of this exhibit designed by students in the \u201cSite Specific\u201d course, directed by Anat Katsir of the Visual Communication Department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem who is curator of the exhibit, the outside spaces of the port have been transformed in relation to the term \u201cShibboleth.\u201d The Hebrew word refers to flowers arising from the main stem \u2013 without individual flower stalks \u2013 and refers to distinguishing between ethnic groups based on linguistic differences.<\/p>\n

A joint project of the Bezalel Visual Communications Department, 3M and Jaffa Port, the students\u2019 projects will be displayed outdoors, in the open spaces of the port. The projects explore the meeting of two languages \u2013 Hebrew and Arabic \u2013 that exist in the Israeli environment. The students selected cultural references, such as poetry, literature, news excerpts, music, and even online comments, using them in the artworks scattered across the port.<\/p>\n

The exhibition was organized with the help of: 3M Israel Ltd \u2013 an international company and leading innovator, Polakowski Ltd \u2013 Israel\u2019s leading custom signs, road signs and signage systems manufacturer, and Elsop Fontisop Ltd \u2013 representing MIMAKI in Israel.<\/p>\n

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Design: Galit Lofman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Projects which will be exhibited include:<\/p>\n

Shlomit Sauer \/ Talkbacking Jaffa
\nLocation: North pier
\nThis past November, Nadav Man\u2019s article titled: \u201cThere is Something Beautiful About This City: Images of Old Jaffa\u201d, appeared on YNet. The responses to this article created a debate, which became a microcosm of the intricacy of the Jewish-Arab dynamic in the city and in general.<\/p>\n

Omer Gaash \/ Hebrew Labor
\nLocation: Northern wall of the restored hanger
\nAn old ad from the 1930s, which called consumers to buy only Israeli-made products, was the basis for this critical piece, which presents it next to the calls made by rabbis to avoid renting out apartments to Arabs or hiring them.<\/p>\n

Shiree Williamson \/ From National Concept to Acquisition Groups
\nLocation: Glass doors of the southern entrance of the western fron of the restored hanger
\n\u201cOur settlement is a means to saving and resurrecting our people; the goal is not the capitalist exploitation of land, and it is not driven by imperialistic intentions\u2026\u201d
\nA quote from Martin Buber\u2019s speech at the 12th Zionist Congress in 1921 completely changes its meaning on the automatically opening and closing doors, which hide and reveal parts of the text.<\/p>\n

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Design: Shiree Williamson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yael Segal and Hila Zwergel \/ I write in Hebrew
\nLocation: Concrete seating area, west of the circle
\n\u201cI write in Hebrew \/ Which is not my native tongue \/ To lose myself in the world \/ \u2026 \/ And Hebrew \/ Sometimes I write \/ To stop the blood that drips \/ Relentlessly from the heart\u201d
\n\u201cI write Hebrew\u201d, a poem by Palestinian poet, Salman Masalha, which reveals his complicated connection with the Hebrew language, was the basis for this project.<\/p>\n

Elad Rahmin \/ No Co-existence!
\nLocation: Map circle
\nArabs, Jews and Christians, it doesn\u2019t matter for us\u2026 We are all one family, you can\u2019t say that there is or isn\u2019t co-existence. There is no co-existence. This is existence.\u201d
\nThe words of Saadu Zeinab, head of the Jaffa Fisherman\u2019s Committee, inspired this project<\/p>\n

Galit Iofman \/ Andromeda, Then and Now
\nLocation: Southern wall of the white structure at the right of the entrance, south of the \u201cPlease Touch\u201d center
\nThe myth of Andromeda, the princess tied to a rock off the cost of Jaffa as sacrifice for Poseidon\u2019s monster, inspired this project, which is displayed at the foot of the Andromeda Complex and presents a critical look on it: Has the princess become a monster?<\/p>\n

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Design: Dvir Isac & Yotam Kellner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Liya Ophir\u00a0 \/ My Arabic is Silent
\nLocation: Red wall and sidewalk south of the new gallery
\n\u201cMy Arabic is silent \/ Barely escapes the throat \/ Curses itself \/ Without a word \/ Sleeps in the thin air of my soul \/ Hides \/ From family \/ Behind the shutters of Hebrew.\u201d
\nAlmog Bahar\u2019s poem, shifting from Hebrew to Arabic and vice versa, was the basis for the project.<\/p>\n

Dvir Isac and Yotam Kellner \/ Lost in Translation
\nLocation: Northeast side of the port administration building
\nThe poem: \u201cThe Sea\u201d, by Giora Leshem, inspired the project. The song was translated using Google Translate from Hebrew to Arabic, back to Hebrew, again to Arabic, and again to Hebrew. It shows the changes in meaning and what was lost in translation.<\/p>\n

Achva Kahana \/ The Statistics of Separation
\nLocation: The empty container, south of Container Restaurant.
\nA 3D graph depicting the opinions of the Jewish and Arabic population on integration is shown inside an old shipping container left at the port. The graph creates a fracture that appears as though it can never be fixed.<\/p>\n

Ahuva Lebor \/ Five Recipes from five Fishermen
\nLocation: Doors of five of the fishermen\u2019s warehouses.
\nOne of the strongest experiences that the students had during work on the project was meeting the Jaffa Port fishermen, the real people: Jews, Arabs, and Christians. In this project, the doors of the fishermen\u2019s warehouses were used to present them and recipes gathered from them.<\/p>\n

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Design: Reut Pintz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reut Pintz \/Where is My Home
\nLocation: Metal wall above the benches, near the fishermen\u2019s warehouses.
\n\u201cWhere is my home now? \/ Where are the walls that I was raised in? \/ Who is in my home now? \/ The home my grandfather built \/ Every stone he set \/ The home in which I played with my brothers \/ I ran in its corridors \/ I climbed its walls \/ Who lives in my home now \/ Arabs live in my home now \/ And I live in an Arab home \/ And I \/ Live in an Arab home \/ The immigrant who was raised here \/ May now be writing poems.
\nThe poem by Moshe Ben Harash inspired the project, and it is displayed near the bench from which the fisherman, Jews, Arabs and Christian, see their home at the port.<\/p>\n

Sharon Vazana and Adi Tako \/ Perspectives
\nLocation: Two benches on the west side on the fishermen\u2019s warehouses hanger
\nTwo excerpts from Alon Hilu\u2019s book, \u201cThe House of Rajani\u201d, inspired the project. They show two points of view, two different descriptions of the same event, one from Chaim, who is Jewish, and one from Saleh, an Arab boy. They raise a comparison between truth and memory, objective reality and subjective experience.<\/p>\n

Maya Sinai \/ See under Language
\nLocation: Eastern wall of the southern hanger
\nUnder a dictionary definition of \u201cLanguage\u201d, various texts were incorporated, which shine a critical and controversial light on the word.<\/p>\n

Dan Greenberg \/ \u201cViena\u201d, System Ali
\nLocation: Southeast corner of the southern hanger
\nThe song \u201cViena\u201d by System Ali, the Jaffa Hip Hop group, inspires this project, a trilingual walking path around the structure.<\/p>\n

The opening event will take place on April 15, 2011 at 12:00, with a performance by System Ali outside the old warehouse at Jaffa Port, and will remain up until April 30, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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