VideoZone V Biennial Brings Global Video Art to Tel Aviv and Herzliya
From November 23 to December 2, 2010, the fifth edition of VideoZone, a video art biennial founded by Sergio Edelsztein, was held in Tel Aviv. The Herzliya Museum showcased an exhibition featuring the Centre Pompidou's new media collection, curated by Christine Van Assche and Ghila Limon. Approximately twenty programs highlighted artistic scenes from Israel, Ukraine, Spain, and Brazil. Among the prominent pieces were Ben Hagari's 'Invert', Yaël Bartana's 'Entartete Kunst Lebt', and Dor Guez's 'Watermelons Under the Bed'. EAI and LUX contributed both historical and contemporary programs. The festival emphasized the vanishing television screen, showcasing works by Chris Burden and Martha Rosler, while Adrian Paci's 'Electric Blue' and Francesco Jodice's 'Dubai Citytellers' tackled contemporary themes.
Key facts
- VideoZone V took place November 23 to December 2, 2010, in Tel Aviv and Herzliya.
- The biennial was initiated in 2002 by Sergio Edelsztein, director of CCA Tel Aviv.
- Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art hosted an exhibition of the Centre Pompidou's new media collection curated by Christine Van Assche and Ghila Limon.
- About twenty programs focused on Israeli, Ukrainian, Spanish, and Brazilian scenes.
- EAI New York and LUX London curated programs from their collections.
- Ben Hagari's 'Invert' (2010) features color and speech inversion as he teaches his parrot to talk.
- Yaël Bartana's 'Entartete Kunst Lebt' (2010) reanimates Otto Dix's painting from the 1937 Degenerate Art exhibition.
- Francesco Jodice's 'Dubai Citytellers' (2010) addresses modern slavery of workers from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Entities
Artists
- Sergio Edelsztein
- Christine Van Assche
- Ghila Limon
- Ben Hagari
- Yaël Bartana
- Otto Dix
- Dor Guez
- Lori Zippay
- Chris Burden
- Martha Rosler
- Christiana Perrella
- Adrian Paci
- Francesco Jodice
- Johan Grimonprez
- Erik Gandini
Institutions
- VideoZone
- Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) Tel Aviv
- Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
- Centre Pompidou
- Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI)
- LUX
- Paper Tiger Television
Locations
- Tel Aviv
- Israel
- Herzliya
- New York
- United States
- London
- United Kingdom
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- India
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
Sources
- artpress —