31 October 2007 – 6 January 2008

4. Anniversary Lounge: "Notes on a Coast“

As part of the celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel next year, the exhibition NOTES ON A COAST by Ruth Anderwald + Leonhard Grond will open on 31 October. The artists photographed the built-up Mediterranean coast of Israel with an underwater camera. The book of the same name, which will be published by Skarabaeus in October, is not only a photo album but also contains the first anthology of new Hebrew poems translated into German. On 30 October the opening of the exhibition and book presentation will be accompanied by readings and discussions by Israeli and Austrian poets and art experts. The KUNSTHALLE wien is also participating: under the title “Playing with Solitude” a video programme of contemporary Israeli and Palestinian video art compiled by Tal Yahas, Haifa Museum of Art, will be shown in the “ursula blickle videolounge” as “video of the month” # 30 until 30 November 2007.
To mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, this remarkable cooperative project highlights the discrepancy between preconceptions about Israel and the reality within the country and gives the stage to voices that are not normally heard in the usual Middle East discussion.

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