The Museum of the Jewish People at Tel Aviv University hosts an original exhibition by Carmit Blumensohn and Michal Houminer, titled "October 7," which explores how Israeli culture responds to the war launched by Hamas eight months ago.
The exhibition features the works of 25 artists whose creativity reflects the difficult times Israeli society has faced since the terrible Hamas attack on October 7. Some of them died – murdered on October 7 or died during the ongoing war, while others are residents (or former residents) of the southern regions, who suffered the loss of their loved ones, their homes or whose families were affected by the massacre.
The new exhibition aims to highlight the unique creative impulse felt among Israelis since the beginning of the war.
The aftermath of the war has led many Israelis to rethink how we interpret our history, art and culture. The overriding feeling shared by many Israelis is that even after the war ends, things will never be the same again.
According to Sophie Barzon MacKie, survivor of Kibbutz Be'eri and curator of the local gallery temporarily relocated to Tel Aviv, "art articulates events and provides us with images."
Among the artists exhibited are Shay Azoulai, Odalia Alkhanni, Eyal Assolin, Raz Ben Ami, Sophie Barzon, Shira Glazerman, Yosef Jozen Dadon and Shiral Horowitz.
The exhibition also includes a 23-minute film "War Diary", made from 300 press photographs taken in Gaza and surrounding areas after the events of October 7. The photographs were selected by reflecting on how acts of documentation shape Israeli memory.
A soundtrack will accompany visitors ; it consists of songs that we have heard since October 7. Many are titles well known to the public, which the war has given new meaning. Israeli musicians were notably among the first to express collective grief after October 7, when 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage in Gaza.
An exhibition to discover at 15 Klausner Street in Tel Aviv.
Caroline Haïat
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