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An alternative video happening, aspiring to operate in Jerusalem's center of town as a cultural experience by screening works of video art. A meeting place for artists from Israel, Arab countries and around the globe.
The event is aimed at promoting open-mindedness and cultural growth of the city.
We believe in art's ability to be a language, creating an environment for dialogue and common ground.
The event creates a new exhibition platform of contemporary art integrating street galleries with city life. The video art festival will take place simultaneously in different locations in the city's center for 12 days. The event invites the public to participate in this "undercover" experience of urban wandering. The wanderer will manage around the outskirts of the city center with the aid of sign posts, leading to the various screening points that create connection between them. Creating a visual event, dismantled and assembled, revealed and hidden, exposed through movement in time and space.
Punctuation marks, as a world of rhythms and tones. The expression of language and communication between people. The concept chosen are the three universal signs shared by Semitic and Latin-based languages. You are to choose one of the signs written below:
| Full stop (.) | Dash (–) | Three points (...) |
The subject of the works is only a graphic metaphore. It is possible and recomendeded to give your own interpretation and keep it as open as possible, as a point of departure...
Contact us at info@rujum.com
We are looking for video artists that will participate in this event and will send copies of their works by Spring, 2008 (Exact date TBA).
Length of works limited to 15 minutes.
Works accepted in the following formats:
Address for submissions:
Rujum festival
Hamadregot 20
Jerusalem 94551
Israel
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Rujum festival was launched by two students at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, and grew to include local artists and students, supported by the academy.
We would like to take art out of the galleries and turn Jerusalem's city center into a big venue, screening art at the street scenery and other public/underground locations.