{"id":27709,"date":"2013-10-06T22:36:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T05:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=27709"},"modified":"2013-10-06T22:36:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T05:36:42","slug":"splash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=27709","title":{"rendered":"Splash!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27711\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/horizon2-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27711\" alt=\"Image from Splash! - a collaborative installation by Vivian Ostrovsky and Silvi Simon\/Photo courtesy of PR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/horizon2-s.jpg\" width=\"585\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/horizon2-s.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/horizon2-s-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from Splash! &#8211; a collaborative installation by Vivian Ostrovsky and Silvi Simon\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Splash! The film installation, a collaboration between artist-filmmakers Vivian Ostrovsky and Silvi Simon will open at Jaffa Port, Hangar 2 on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 20:00. The exhibition, jointly presented by CCA (Center for Contemporary Art) and Jet Lag Productions, will remain open through October 28th.<\/p>\n<p>The personal is juxtaposed with the anonymous, home movies on disappearing technologies such as Super 8 and 16mm, with found internet footage, projections screened on or through Simon&#8217;s optical sculptures and other objects that affect and manipulate the images &#8211; creating an environment within the space of the hangar.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/75976504\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAbout the artists:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vivian Ostrovsky<\/strong>, (b.1945, New York) studied film and psychology in Brazil and Paris. Her career has focused on using analog formats (especially Super8) for\u00a0 experimental cinema. Her signature collage shorts and avant-garde documentaries have won awards at venues ranging from Curtas Vila do Conde (Work And Progress 2000, co-directed with Yann Beauvais) to\u00a0 international competition prizes for Nikita Kino (2002) and Ice\/Sea (2005), and for\u00a0 The Title Was Shot (2009) she won the Prix d\u2019Argent in the Bilbao International Film Festival. Retrospectives to date include Centre Pompidou and Museum of Modern Art, Rio. Screenings include MoMA, NYC, Kunsthalle Basel, the Biennale of S\u00e3o Paulo and festivals including Toronto, London, Berlin, Rotterdam, Clermont-Ferrand, Rio de Janeiro and the Viennale. Her work is included in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silvi Simon<\/strong>, (b.1972 Livry-Gargan, France) lives and works in Strasbourg where she studied fines arts and audio visual production. A founding member of\u00a0 Burstscratch collective, initially she worked with super8 formats. She studied animation technique at the ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels and her practice encompasses film, video and digital work as well as performance and installation. Simon also organizes workshops focused on the pre-history of cinema and on techniques of experimental film. She is noted for her innovative optical sculptures through which her images are projected. Her work has been shown at the Rotterdam Film Festival and at venues in Paris, Geneva, Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibition opening hours: Monday &#8211; Saturday from 11:00 &#8211; 21:00.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Splash! The film installation, a collaboration between artist-filmmakers Vivian Ostrovsky and Silvi Simon will open at Jaffa Port, Hangar 2 on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 20:00. 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