https://youtu.be/N2oei30Bkew We met with Matan Ben-Tolila in his studio inside of Jerusalem's The New Gallery. There, he finds an escape within his paintings. The images are vivid with powerful colors and high contrasts of dark and light tones. The visually pleasing, but unreal quality is meant to represent the height of an illusion, the
https://youtu.be/aFWvCmwbPlc This is a short documentary filmed during our visit to the Jerusalem Biennale in Israel. We saw Between Heaven and Earth's all male Ka'et dance ensemble perform on the opening night of the Biennale and we knew that we had to fit them into our filming schedule. The dance took place in the
As the 2017 Jerusalem Biennale comes to a close, we (IFAF) reflect on the diverse artwork that we saw in Jerusalem. One collection of works that we continue to talk about is Vessels. The series of contemporary sculpture works by artist Ofer Grunwald examined the relationship between spirituality and control when religious objects are placed in
