{"id":16493,"date":"2011-12-10T23:12:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T06:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16493"},"modified":"2011-12-23T05:08:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T12:08:53","slug":"childhood-in-no-man%e2%80%99s-land-musrara-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16493","title":{"rendered":"Childhood in No Man\u2019s Land \/ Musrara Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Eli Even - Rehov Ha Ayin Chet 10, courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Naggar School of Photography, Media, New Music, Animation & Phototherapy in Musrara<\/a> is celebrating its 25th year with the Musrara Collection project. This new collection aims to bring the stories of Musrara\u2019s residents to life, through use of photography, audio, and film. The Musrara Collection is first and foremost an archival art project, meant to explore and conserve the ideas, views, and experiences of the neighborhood residents throughout the years.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Yitzchak Sa\u2019ad, courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kicking off the Musrara Collection project is the \u201cChildhood in No Man\u2019s Land\u201d which attempts to shed light on the early years of a new generation of Israelis, who grew up in the shadow of the Jordanian Legions, and later on founded the Black Panthers social protest movement in the 1970s. Their actions brought about a revolution which continues to echo and influence Israel\u2019s turbulent society to this very day. The exhibition will be on display at The Social Gallery in Musrara through February 16, 2012.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Eli Even, courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The school shares a unique relationship with the neighborhood in which it resides. Over the course of its 25 years, it has always turned its focus to the neighborhood and its people. The surroundings have always been an integral part of the school\u2019s educational process and overall experience. Avi Sabag, founder and director of the school, said that when he came to Musrara it was obvious to him that the neighborhood and future school would coexist in a symbiotic circle. Of the new Musrara Collection, he said \u201cit is a research project in which we would like to see the entire neighborhood take part.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChildhood in No Man\u2019s Land\u201d features works created by both Musrara\u2019s senior residents and the school\u2019s students. It includes photography, documentary film, animation, and sound installations. It also includes several eye-opening documents, taken from the State Archives and the Jerusalem Municipality Archives. One such document is a page out of a report submitted by the Musrara committee, a public committee formed in 1963, which explored the conditions in which the youths of Musrara were being brought up.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Yitzchak Sa\u2019ad, courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is a very educational exhibition, which raises many questions regarding the treatment of Israel\u2019s citizens both then and now. When confronted so openly with the people\u2019s experience on the one hand, and the establishment\u2019s carelessness and indifference on the other – the road to the formation of the social protest movement seems almost unavoidable.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Eli Even, courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among the more unique pieces were \u201cSuburban Youths,\u201d a silent short 8mm film created by Michael Nidam in the mid 1960s, shown for the first time. \u201cBlack Cat,\u201d a short animation film by Musrara faculty member Liav Zabari, which uses the voiceover of former Black Panther activist Moshe Amoyal, and is quite shocking. Furthermore, photographs taken by the late Yitzchak Sa\u2019ad in the 1960s relate the incredible difficulties and unparalleled discrimination and poverty in which the residents of Musrara were living.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is missing from Israel\u2019s society is its solidarity, which is crumbling away,\u201d Sabag said. \u201cThis school knows how to be subversive and socially active, but is also a place of solidarity\u2026after 25 years we are now going back to childhood, and are only at the beginning of our journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Childhood in No Man\u2019s Land \/ Musrara Collection
\n8.12.11 \u2013 16.02.12
\nThe Social Gallery, 22 Shivtei Israel (3rd floor), Musrara, Jerusalem
\nSunday \u2013 Thursday 10:00 \u2013 17:00
\nhttp:\/\/www.osef.musrara.co.il\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Naggar School of Photography, Media, New Music, Animation & Phototherapy in Musrara is celebrating its 25th year with the Musrara Collection project. This new collection aims to bring the stories of Musrara\u2019s residents to life, through use of photography, audio, and film. The Musrara Collection is first and foremost an archival art project, meant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}