JEWISH ARTS INITIATIVE : FLASHPOINTS : A COLLECTIVE RESPONSE 2017 : JERUSALEM BIENNALE
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Channel: ERIC MINH SWENSON ART FILMS · 2017 · Education
A new Film by Eric Minh Swenson 19 Artists from the Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) of Southern California, Speak Out at the Jerusalem Biennale - Watershed, October 2017. JAI is thrilled that we were invited back for the second time to be part of the Biennale. What you may not know is that JAI is one of 21 exhibitions selected from 96 entries from around the world. Three are from North America, all from the US. In addition there is one from India, one from Argentina, four from Europe and 12 from Israel. The Jerusalem Biennale 2017 theme – Watershed, is particularly timely in light of current events, and has spurred the Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) members to work collaboratively addressing significant watershed moments. JAI is honored to lift up our collective voices. Rather than exhibiting a traditional show of works by individual artists, we are putting forward an ambitious plan to create an exhibit entitled FLASHPOINTS: A Collective Response. Featuring five large-scale, collaborative murals focused on watershed moments, which have had a resounding impact on the world. Watershed teams of JAI artists are focused on the themes of Civil Rights, Water, Nationalism, Human Rights and Political Polarization. They have worked together in hevruta, using the framework of the Surrealist game, the “Exquisite Corpse.” Each JAI team has produced one unique Exquisite Corpse style mural. These artworks are a way to explore both the divisions felt in US society and to seek unity. Just as the exquisite corpse divides the final image into sections, when unfolded, it reveals an overarching unity. It is more than the individual parts. May our collective voices be heard in Jerusalem this October as a message of tikkun o'lam! This exhibition is co-curated by Georgia Freedman-Harvey and Anne Hromadka Greenwald. Participating JAI artists include: MELINDA SMITH ALTSHULER / RENEE AMITAI / BILL ARON / LORRAINE BUBAR / ELLEN CANTOR / JUDY DEKEL /SUSAN GESUNDHEIT / NANCY GOODMAN LAWRENCE / MARISA MANDLER / RANDI MATUSHEVITZ / JACKIE NACH / AVI ROTH / MARLEENE RUBENSTEIN /ELENA MARY SIFF/ DONI SILVER SIMONS / DEBRA SOKOLOW / CATHY WEISS / RUTH WEISBERG / KAREN FRIMKESS WOLFF Contributors to this campaign make it possible to pack and ship the five flashpoint murals to Jerusalem and will be rewarded by gifts that vary from a tote bag, to a private photo session, to an original work of art from artists in JAI. For more info on Eric Minh Swenson visit his website at thuvanarts.com. His art films can be seen at thuvanarts.com/take1 Instagram : @ericminhswenson Eric Minh Swenson also covers the international art scene and his writings and photo essays can be seen at Huffington Post Arts : http://m.huffpost.com/us/author/eric-minh-swenson/
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