#nir evron

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Tomorrow 20pm at the Tel Aviv Museum -

  Curator Hou Hanrou will run a workshop together with artists Nir Evron, Miki Kartsman, Mich'ael Zupraner

  Entrance is Free

Host & Guest

  Nir Evron, In Virgin Land, 2006, production still, black and white negative

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Shot on a commanding hilltop in northeast Jerusalem, Nir Evron’s A Free Moment unfolds within the open concrete skeleton of the summer palace begun in the mid-1960s by King Hussein of Jordan. 

Employing a robotic camera installed on a dolly track that he laid out on the second floor of the palace, Evron made a film that consists of a single complex, pre-programmed shot. Opening with a breathtaking view looking down on the city of Jerusalem, A Free Moment moves quickly into unexpected visual territory as the camera tilts and pans in a 360-degree circle, while slowly traveling from one end of the dolly track to the other. Evron’s experimental exercise is firmly anchored in the present moment, especially in its emphasis on the need to see and think in new ways about a very specific contested terrain.

Artis is an independent nonprofit organization that broadens international awareness and understanding of contemporary art from Israel, and provides important resources, programs and platforms for artists and art professionals to develop lasting partnerships with the global art community. Their video on Nir Evron provides an overview of his work and practice. It was filmed in his studio in South Tel Aviv.

Check out all of A Free Moment, on view now in A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial. 

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Nir Evron, In Virgin Land, 2006, production still, black and white negative.

Host & Guest May 2 — June 30, 2013 Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Host & Guest is a highly diverse curatorial platform presented at Tel Aviv Museum of Art, in association with Artis. Conceptualized and directed by Steven Henry Madoff, the platform features 9 separate projects all taking place in the museum and each directed by an international, renowned curator, artist or collective.