On Tuesday May 1 at 20:00
A meeting with the artist Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky
about his artist’s books:
Notebooks #1, #2 :
Hajj Paintings
Notebooks #3, #4 :
Heterotopia: Graves and Sheiks’ Tombs
from Heterotopia: Graves and Sheiks’ Tombs from The Hajj Paintings
The hajj paintings appear on the front wall of a building, distinguishing it as the home of hajji, a person who has undertaken the pilgrimage to Mecca and circled the Kaaba seven times. The paintings, executed by family members (or commissioned by them) in honor of the returning hajji as part of the welcoming ceremony, constitute a singular and intriguing graphic expression of man’s affinity with a (holy) place and with the cycle of ceremonies linked to it.
Ever since the 1970s, Borkovsky has documented in photographs this popular genre, which having accumulated and having been invested with added meaning in his work over the years, now appears in a new spatial setting – in book form.
Sunday April 29th 2007, 10:49 pm
On Friday April 27 the
Inspiration Art Exhibition was opened in Barbur. The exhibition will be on show for 30 days until May 28.
A show curated by Inspire collective and showcasing more than 100 pieces from global and local artists. Most of the artist in this show are street artists and do their works in public domain.
The Exhibition is the result of open call posted over the internet calling for street artists and street art fans to take part in the show in Jerusalem and answer the question:
What inspires you?
Saturday April 28th 2007, 1:50 am
Thursday, April 26 at 20:30
screening of Tali Shemesh’s film
Cemetery club
Seated between the graves of the nation’s dignitaries, a group of elderly people debates the history of modern philosophy, read poetry, eat lunch and determine the fate of the Jewish nation. Director Tali Shemesh has been following the “Academy” for the last 5 years, focusing on Minia, the director’s grandmother, and Lena, her great aunt. As death decimates the group that has given meaning to their lives, the film explores the conflicts between Lena and Minia, and the family secrets that haunt them.
Wednesday April 25th 2007, 10:58 pm
Wednesday, April 25 at 18:00
Presentation of works of Maalot community boarding school students
Maalot community boarding school serves children and families in risk from the Jerusalem region.
The school works for more than 7 years in the Ramot neighbourhood and it is home for 50 girls and boys aged 7-18.
The presentation will be on show until Thursday 26.4, 20:00
Tuesday April 24th 2007, 9:01 pm
Monday, April 23 at 19:30
Barbur welcomes Bezalel art department students for
One night exhibition
Participants: Yael Alis, Gai Ben-Ari, Yael Gazit, Yonathan Wertheim, Avi Sabah, Elad Rosen, Tamar Shrara
Works will be exhibited for one night only!!!
Sunday April 22nd 2007, 4:05 pm
Saturday 20:30 21.04.07
A meeting with two prominent representatives of the New York School.
David Rosenberg - poet, researcher and translator - and David Shapiro - poet and art critic.
The evening will be conducted in English, but Hebrew will be much talked about.
Event initiators: Michal Govrin and Gali-Dana Singer
Wednesday April 18th 2007, 10:19 pm
Friday 19.04.07 at 20:30
Searching for the Peach Orchard - a documentary-poetic film.
Screening with the filmmaker, the poet and translator Dorit Weisman.
In May 2005, 2 years after her mother’s death, Weisman went by herself, without knowing any Hungarian, to search for her roots in villages and towns in Hungary.
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She visited the hometown of her mother and the hometown of her grandmother. These towns stretch in the northeast of Hungary, between Budapest and Tokai. She caught the atmosphere of these towns, which were frozen at that time; She followed the craziness in her family - visited a psychiatric wing in a hospital in which, she guessed, her grandmother’s mother was hospitalized. The movie follows her successes and her failures.
The film reflects her dual attitude towards Holocaust: her affection for the Hungarian people, from whom originate her genes and her deepest memory, and the understanding that these same people helped to annihilate her family.
This travel is a continuation of her relationship with her mother, that became more and more close toward her death.
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During her travels she took pictures and wrote a long poem entitled “Hungarian Poema”. Verses from this long poem have been incorporated into the film, as well as two of her poems sang by Yasmin Even.
And what is actually this peach orchard that she was looking for? One can choose his, or her, own private peach orchard from this film.
Wednesday April 18th 2007, 10:04 pm
On Monday, April 16 at 20:00 we’ll have in Barbur the meeting of Bustan organization.
The environmental justice organization BUSTAN is working on a
new project related to greenwashing, graphics, and
advertising. Bustan have began the process and is calling for your artistic sense and
witty feedback. Their vision is to have a creative magazine with
visual dialogue concerning environmental and social justice.
Barbur will be hosting their next meeting
to find out more
contact: ariela075@gmail.com 052-830-6815.
Sunday April 15th 2007, 10:50 pm
On Thursday, April 12 we had in Barbur the gallery talk with Sudsiri Pui-Ock
Sudsiri’s show The street of two birds is exhibited in Barbur till the end of this week.
Sudsiri spent the last month in Jerusalem in the framework of artists residence program of Jerusalem Center of Visual Arts. We were surprised to find out that there is such a program in Jerusalem and every year several young artists from different countries spend a month in Mishkenot Shaananim.
We were very happy to meet Sudsiri and her works and hope that this newly established cooperation with JCVA will bring us other opportunities to present young artists from abroad to Israeli audience.
Sunday April 15th 2007, 10:24 pm
Saturday April 7 at 20:30
Jawaro - instead of lullaby
Very genuine music
Participants: Jawaro (YardenErez) - keyboards, guitars and voice
Tal Eisenberg - viola
Neta Cohen Shani - cello
Gyori Politi - percussion
Tamar Cassuto - voice
Tuesday April 03rd 2007, 10:05 pm
On Thursday April 5 at 20:30
an open brainstorm meeting of Rekolektsia group in preparation for the International Earth Day which will take place on April 20 at Sergei Courtyard in Jerusalem, and also a screening of the film Go Further by Ron Mann
In his documentary film, Ron Mann explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change. The film follows actor Woody Harrelson as he takes a small group of friends on a bio-fuelled bus-ride down the Pacific Coast Highway. Their goal is to show the people they encounter that there are viable alternatives to our habitual, environmentally-destructive behaviors.
Tuesday April 03rd 2007, 10:00 pm
The forth meeting of a course of 12 lectures by The Social-Economical Academy concerning:
Economics and environment
Sunday, April 1 at 19:30:
Intermediate summary by the course organizers:
screening of Al Gore’s film:
An Inconvenient Truth
Admission: 15 NIS
Monday April 02nd 2007, 4:18 pm
