"Created especially for the collection gallery of Petach Tikva Museum and with a carefully chosen selection of sculptures from early zionist days, Rodeh created an audio-visual total scenery using theatrical effects. Working with dynamic light projections, the silhouettes blur the materiality of the massive modernist sculptures. The chopped up song (Bird of Prey by Jim Morrison) reinforces the cultural clash between entertainment and commemoration, indicating the project's intention to introduce a wide spectrum of interpretations for refined, quintessential mindsets and motifs in the subconscious of local culture."
—Irit Carmon Popper
The work was commissioned by Petach Tikva Museum of Art
Curator: Irit Carmon Popper, documentation: Shaxaf Haber
Credits:
Original Sculptures* from the Petach Tikva Museum of Art Collection:
Yizkor, Zvi Aldoubi 1960s, bronze, 76x46x40cm; The Pioneer, Ze'ev Ben Zvi, 1930s, bronze, 70x33x36cm; The Pioneer, Yehoshua Yoshpan, 1930s, bronze, 54x54x39cm
Sound system; 3:23 min in loop; music: 'Bird of Prey' by Jim Morrison
Piano: Maya Dunietz; Sound edit: Rona Geffen
Wooden pedestals, projectors, fog
Dimensions variable
