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| SAGI GRONER (1971, Israel)
Sagi Groner's videos and
installations examine the various social and
political realities and their influence in the individual. His
art is
characterised by personal touch and intimate approach to the
subjects and
issues. The themes in his works range from survival and freedom
to control
and destruction.
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04-11-02, DVD, 22 min
A documentary in the first person, that powerfully reveals
the reality of
living with suicide bombings. Sagi Groner was spending
his birthday back in
Israel with some close friends, when a suicide bomber
struck in a shopping
mall a few blocks away. Somewhat reluctantly his friends
agreed to go to the
site with him.
04-11-02 is the filmmaker's video diary of going to the site and back
to the house while having surprisingly revealing and intimate discussions about
the issue.
These talks represent a somber and hidden angle of the over-mediated
middle-eastern conflict, one that lacks the familiar heated emotions of
politics and religion, beyond the chewed-up cliches of a never-ending war.
Because of the outsider-insider duality of Groner in Israel, the film
manages to probe into the mundane with striking sincerity and subtlety.
Groner manages to give us a glimpse of what it is like to live in a society
with a constant threat of suicide bombs.
Links:
Artist's
Work at DIRECT EXPOSURE
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Helmut Dick
Sagi Groner
Marc Bijl
Karen Lancel
Otto Karvonen
Matthias Schamp
The Blackroom Act |
