Amos Gitai's Multifaceted Project Explores Architecture, Identity, and Memory
Filmmaker Amos Gitai presents a series of interconnected works in late 2010 and early 2011, including the film 'Carmel', an installation at Palais de Tokyo, and the publication of his mother's correspondence. The projects delve into his personal history, his father Munio Weinraub's architectural legacy as a Bauhaus-trained architect who helped shape modern Israel, and broader political themes. Gitai's installation at the Palais de Tokyo, originally planned for 2009 at the Bordeaux submarine base, recycles his film images onto raw architectural surfaces, challenging monumentalist ideology. His work addresses the rise of authoritarianism in Europe and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, advocating for a modus vivendi. The film 'Carmel' is a war diary, while 'Lullaby to my father' is shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale. A retrospective of his work tours cities including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Mexico City, Tokyo, Beijing, and Shanghai.
Key facts
- Amos Gitai's film 'Carmel' was released in theaters on October 13, 2010.
- The installation at Palais de Tokyo, titled 'La Friche', was presented in January 2011.
- Gitai's mother Efratia Gitai's correspondence (1929-1994) was published by Gallimard on October 14, 2010.
- His father Munio Weinraub was an architect trained at the Bauhaus, having worked with Gropius, Paul Klee, Kandinsky, and Mies van der Rohe.
- The installation at the Bordeaux submarine base for Evento 2009 projected 15 films onto the walls of a WWII blockhaus.
- Gitai's work 'Lullaby to my father' was shown at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale until November 21, 2010.
- A retrospective of Gitai's work toured Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Mexico City, Tokyo, Beijing, and Shanghai from September to December 2010.
- Gitai's installation at Palais de Tokyo was conceived as an echo of the Bordeaux project, responding to the fascist architecture of the Trocadéro area.
Entities
Artists
- Amos Gitai
- Munio Weinraub
- Efratia Gitai
- Pina Bausch
- Jeanne Moreau
- Laurent Goumarre
- Elsa Triolet
- Rossellini
- Fassbinder
- Arno Breker
- Albert Speer
- Walter Gropius
- Paul Klee
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Adolf Hitler
Institutions
- Palais de Tokyo
- Centre Pompidou
- Gallimard
- Culturesfrance
- Théâtre de l'Odéon
- Venice Architecture Biennale
- Evento
- Bauhaus
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Bordeaux
- Venice
- Italy
- Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil
- São Paulo
- Porto Alegre
- Mexico City
- Mexico
- Tokyo
- Japan
- Beijing
- China
- Shanghai
- Israel
- Berlin
- Germany
- Silésie
- Odessa
- Ukraine
- Wuppertal
- Auschwitz
- Poland
- Trocadéro
- Cisjordanie
- United States
Sources
- artpress —