2003 » Israel » National Exhibition

Israel

The PQ theme, nationality or supernationality, geography and roots, is for Israelis a subject of ovoryday oxistonco, a blooding and painful question. Geographical borders, moral borders, roots and unrooting, immigrants, refugees, occupation, liberation, national identities, religious identities - all constitute causes for many of us to fight, pay a horrible price of life and blood; for some, willingly, for others, through anguish and resistance. Can our theatre deal with any of these? Can designers? Our exhibition includes somo offorts of thoatro people, In a torn socloty, of Jews and Arabs, Israelis and Palestinians, people of the Jewish, Christian, Moslem religions and non rollfllous, with unac-countable number of "cultures" and "homelands." Suitcases are always with us, packed with momorios of tho past, ready to bo packed again. Newcomers, immigrants, refugees, and obsessive "tourists." Tho koys are kopt in socrol, safo plncos. Tho keys of the homes, the real home. The houses do not always exist anymore. Tho ownorship is not always clear. Wo Iry to koop our human identities from being lost in the violence. Can the theatre unite where nationality dividos?

Kurátoři/ Curators: Tali Itzhaki, Ben Tzion Munitz Výtvarníci/ Designers: Tali Itzhaki, Eitan Levy Produkce/Producer: Sigalit Gelfand

Exhibiting artists / ateliers

• Eytan Levy

Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Education: Wimbledon Schoolof Art - Theatre Design
Teaching activities: University of Haifa - set design
Additional information: He teaches scenography at the University of Haifa, Theatre Department and operates as a freelance stage and costume designer. Participated in the PQ in 1991, 1995, 1999.
• Eli Sinai

Germany
Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Additional information: Freelance set and costume designer. He participated in PQ 1991, 1995, 1999.
• Miriam Goretzki

Poland
Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Additional information: Freelance set and costume designer, teaches at the Tel Aviv University. She participated in PQ 1991, 1995, 1999.

Exhibiting works

• Jean Genet: (The Screens), Habima National Theatre 2003, Director: Ophira Hennig,
  
  
  
• Alexander Lysianski

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: He operates as a stage and costume designer in the Gesher Theatre and teaches Design at Tel Aviv University, Theatre Department. Participated in the PQ in 1991, 1995, 1999.

Exhibiting works

• Slawomir Mrozek: (Tango), (Habimah National Theatre), 0, Director: Misha Luria,
  
  
  
• Dalila Penn

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: She graduated from Tel-Aviv University, and operates as a freelance stage and costume designer. She exhibited at PQ 1999.
• Micki Ben-Cna´an

Additional information: Born in Israel. Freelance set and costume designer. She participated in PQ 1991.
• Moshe Yossiphov

Specialization: set designer, costume designer
Additional information: Freelance set and costume designer.
• רקפת  לוי  (Rakefet Levy)

Specialization: director, teacher, set designer, costume designer
Education: Hamidrasha - Arts Teachers college
Collaboration with theatres: Bat Sheva Dance Company
Teaching activities: Rakefet Levi runs her own school of performing arts
Continuing collaboration with directors: Hanoch Levin; Ohad Naharin
Additional information: She graduated from Midrasha Art Collogo, operates as a freelance stage and costume designer and toachos in Shenkar Fashion Institute. She exhibited at PQ in 1995, 1999.

Exhibiting works

• Hanoch Levin: (Requiem), (Cameri Theatre of Tel-Aviv), 2000, Director: Hanoch Levin, ,
  
  
  
• Ury On

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: He graduated from the Technion (architecture), and oper-ates as a stage designer for the Arab Jewish Local Theatre in Jaffa.

Exhibiting works

• Igal Ezraty: (Longing), (Arab Jewish Local Theatre), 2000, Director: Igal Ezraty,
  
  
  
• רות  דר (Ruth Dar)

* 1941, Israel
Specialization: set designer, costume designer, scenographer
Education: Motley Theatre Design Course London
Collaboration with theatres: Cameri theatre of Tel Aviv/ Haifa theatre/ Habima national theatre/ The New Israeli OPera
Teaching activities: lectures on design in theatre schools and universities
Participation in other important exhibitions:
Continuing collaboration with directors: Hanoch Levin; Omri  Nitzan;  Ilan Ronnen;
Additional information: 10 times winner of the Israeli theatre awards - recived tow prizes for a lifetime achievement. She operates as a sgteae and costume designer at The Cameri Theatre. She exhibited at PQ in 1991, 1995, 1999.
• Gerard Alon

Additional information: He is a photographer and a video artist.
• Haifa Badaran

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: She graduated from Haifa University, theatre design and art, and works as a freelance designer and pedagogue.
• Ashraf Hanna

Specialization: set designer
Additional information: She graduated from Haifa University - theatre design and fine art. Works as a freelance designer.
• Tali Itzhaki

Specialization: set designer, costume designer, theatre theory
Additional information: She graduated From Tel-Aviv University and Midrasha Art College, operates as a freelance stage designer, and teaches at the University of Haifa. She participated in PQ 1991, 1995, 1999.