https://yotammenda-levy.com yotammenda-levy.com Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:24:37 +0000 https://yotammenda-levy.com en https://yotammenda-levy.com/pazuzu-1 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:30:56 +0000 yotammenda-levy.com https://yotammenda-levy.com/pazuzu-1 Pazuzu&nbsp;and&nbsp;Lamaštu (the last&nbsp;summoning)︎︎︎singel chanal video &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;22:22 min Pazuzu is a Mesopotamian demon who has just been summoned back to the world. Feeling frustrated with his role, he reflects on questions about human morality. Pazuzu is known as the ruler of the southwest wind. He fights other demons, drives away evil spirits, protects humanity from plagues and disasters, and safeguards society from "Lamashtu" and other demons from Babylonian and Mesopotamian traditions. <img width="720" height="540" width_o="720" height_o="540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcee97d1eba46d524f01f5844273d4b39f98d21d4404b9f47ccb8b879ef8ebfb/pazuzu-lt_3.gif" data-mid="223529228" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/bcee97d1eba46d524f01f5844273d4b39f98d21d4404b9f47ccb8b879ef8ebfb/pazuzu-lt_3.gif" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb3f944d9b91919a209ee3e0c1147f93c9b59535ff6af4eab03093e66bc749d0/10.jpg" data-mid="225892025" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb3f944d9b91919a209ee3e0c1147f93c9b59535ff6af4eab03093e66bc749d0/10.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a3b0367c5daf33eaeab0d889ef9bd36ff3c8edea25cf1def97d583ba6ccff92/8.jpg" data-mid="225892032" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a3b0367c5daf33eaeab0d889ef9bd36ff3c8edea25cf1def97d583ba6ccff92/8.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97fec0c900b4a0b3d1f6ab82be0b6ca5586226d3492a2136e91c1b36527b1e56/2.jpg" data-mid="225891955" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97fec0c900b4a0b3d1f6ab82be0b6ca5586226d3492a2136e91c1b36527b1e56/2.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e3089c490499a74649f78df91dcc9ef30dbb708631c12c2d60d274168d6de25/4.jpg" data-mid="225892037" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e3089c490499a74649f78df91dcc9ef30dbb708631c12c2d60d274168d6de25/4.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ac632a675f45ab4b79ada29de73a5cdbcafd1ae92284a84515a220f25dcaf88/5.jpg" data-mid="225892036" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ac632a675f45ab4b79ada29de73a5cdbcafd1ae92284a84515a220f25dcaf88/5.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62d00aae31824a18513632226dedcba88379171e0754ae694bef6f600a4c494b/1.jpg" data-mid="225892026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62d00aae31824a18513632226dedcba88379171e0754ae694bef6f600a4c494b/1.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f425bbc7dd18965cdf4ea8a4cff144d369e30ec8fd174bfb81808e8d154bede/11.jpg" data-mid="225892024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f425bbc7dd18965cdf4ea8a4cff144d369e30ec8fd174bfb81808e8d154bede/11.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d61ec68a20f64f1cb63526a83b72b489bf3978542b9fbe732d8ec09335338ad/3.jpg" data-mid="225892029" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d61ec68a20f64f1cb63526a83b72b489bf3978542b9fbe732d8ec09335338ad/3.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8ed730fc1e6b6fb44f0d1cf32a81f76d242d9d8d4d6724ca9ef2911be169a8d/7.jpg" data-mid="225892033" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8ed730fc1e6b6fb44f0d1cf32a81f76d242d9d8d4d6724ca9ef2911be169a8d/7.jpg" /> https://yotammenda-levy.com/demon-sealers-1 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:50:56 +0000 yotammenda-levy.com https://yotammenda-levy.com/demon-sealers-1 Demon sealers︎︎︎single channel video&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;47:32 minDemon Sealers is an animated film that features reproductions of historical drawings. The film re-examines a collection of demon illustrations drawn over 1500 years ago in Mesopotamia, usually by women. These illustrations appear at the bottom of ceramic bowls known as incantation bowls. In the film, the demon drawings are placed in a modern, digitally rendered 3D world. The video depicts its main characters in a nihilistic and existentialist setting. The story follows the journey of a demon named L and her detective companion as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of members from their community, which seems to be caused by human activities. The video reverses the traditional anthropocentric narrative of demon sealing, instead casting the demons as the story's protagonists. <img width="720" height="388" width_o="720" height_o="388" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac24d20341013948a82417c9a0d045e7b190a19742ccb45a33a52a627b869eff/pazuzu-lt_7.gif" data-mid="223572326" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/ac24d20341013948a82417c9a0d045e7b190a19742ccb45a33a52a627b869eff/pazuzu-lt_7.gif" /> <img width="3360" height="1798" width_o="3360" height_o="1798" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3b6c13a52ecaddd9ec0cbe69c944518b3a9e458a194ae85aeaa271c715842c4/4.png" data-mid="223572346" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3b6c13a52ecaddd9ec0cbe69c944518b3a9e458a194ae85aeaa271c715842c4/4.png" /> <img width="3360" height="1798" width_o="3360" height_o="1798" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae5f662c7393efe736148ab59a2cea351fb6d5ca09b853fd875f52f25d197bd9/5.png" data-mid="223572345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae5f662c7393efe736148ab59a2cea351fb6d5ca09b853fd875f52f25d197bd9/5.png" /> <img width="3360" height="1798" width_o="3360" height_o="1798" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b820f0796e7738b6393a7f9d1ee6577940b16b7ded0f37723d56ddce8eddb06e/2.png" data-mid="223572348" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b820f0796e7738b6393a7f9d1ee6577940b16b7ded0f37723d56ddce8eddb06e/2.png" /> <img width="3360" height="1798" width_o="3360" height_o="1798" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cfe803e673785c3cc39ba18ee14e6b03d6393d607f972fbfe3b6b2615fb12797/3.png" data-mid="223572347" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cfe803e673785c3cc39ba18ee14e6b03d6393d607f972fbfe3b6b2615fb12797/3.png" /> <img width="5760" height="3840" width_o="5760" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f5f20926b55f73b2e419eb277c248e99dda64d66301da524d4660c68a939689/yotam-3.jpg" data-mid="223572351" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f5f20926b55f73b2e419eb277c248e99dda64d66301da524d4660c68a939689/yotam-3.jpg" /> <img width="2807" height="1875" width_o="2807" height_o="1875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e28a38a45ce9e42acfd0ec433d5db61b0dc18dedef94dbb46d209ae68eab000/demon-sealers-installation-view.jpg" data-mid="223572352" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e28a38a45ce9e42acfd0ec433d5db61b0dc18dedef94dbb46d209ae68eab000/demon-sealers-installation-view.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/497bbde68575b22e417cfc90e7a3b17bdcfe42a64b8d834ab5e9132a36aac455/DSC00233.jpg" data-mid="223572381" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/497bbde68575b22e417cfc90e7a3b17bdcfe42a64b8d834ab5e9132a36aac455/DSC00233.jpg" /> <img width="1565" height="1037" width_o="1565" height_o="1037" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0417a4f1b99ca328c6a260cf9fa580fc0f814c00110c7ff2c972e6c5d1096c12/000007460005.jpg" data-mid="223572353" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0417a4f1b99ca328c6a260cf9fa580fc0f814c00110c7ff2c972e6c5d1096c12/000007460005.jpg" /> https://yotammenda-levy.com/Farhud-1 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:51:26 +0000 yotammenda-levy.com https://yotammenda-levy.com/Farhud-1 Farhud︎︎︎single channel video&nbsp; &nbsp; 04:00 min “Farhud” (from Arabic: looting, rubbery), a series of pogroms perpetrated against the Jewish population in Iraq in 1941. The video explores the only photographic representation of this traumatic event.winner of Jerusalem film festival 2019–The Ostrovsky Family Fund Award&nbsp;The Video Art and Experimental Film Competition https://yotammenda-levy.com/SA-LA-MA-1 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:52:37 +0000 yotammenda-levy.com https://yotammenda-levy.com/SA-LA-MA-1 Sa La Ma︎︎︎single channel video16mm film&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;03:45 min This work presents sculptures of founding figures in Israeli Zionist history. They are located in the center of Kfar Shalem's neighborhood in Tel Aviv, and their faces were vandalized. Kfar Shalem was built on the ruins of the Arab village Salama, from which the residents were expelled during the 1948 war. The sculptures are part of the foundation of the ethos that starkly contrasts this village's history. The text is taken from testimonies of people who were expelled from the village of Salama. <img width="720" height="604" width_o="720" height_o="604" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/752116eb8711e048334c81167fc58b5e54a4800e2e80fdcc5f44ed953d3fdfcd/pazuzu-lt_12.gif" data-mid="223572499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/752116eb8711e048334c81167fc58b5e54a4800e2e80fdcc5f44ed953d3fdfcd/pazuzu-lt_12.gif" /> <img width="2102" height="1548" width_o="2102" height_o="1548" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e6b2776d240c68b54b023c5d80e3f6b040a342d384e2efff806d1d4c430dda70/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.09.29.png" data-mid="223572808" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e6b2776d240c68b54b023c5d80e3f6b040a342d384e2efff806d1d4c430dda70/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.09.29.png" /> <img width="2104" height="1548" width_o="2104" height_o="1548" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2ee21c6620d2f6fd7eda0e56e8386f6a23e1abb74e3dab7097cc6ff2655ddcf/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.11.42.png" data-mid="223572867" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2ee21c6620d2f6fd7eda0e56e8386f6a23e1abb74e3dab7097cc6ff2655ddcf/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.11.42.png" /> <img width="2104" height="1544" width_o="2104" height_o="1544" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e464731b9dbd70e0445eb2b1ea86bc3aa64e5d75a01a33816a9a65f99fa9f56/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.12.11.png" data-mid="223572866" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8e464731b9dbd70e0445eb2b1ea86bc3aa64e5d75a01a33816a9a65f99fa9f56/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.12.11.png" /> <img width="2102" height="1536" width_o="2102" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5029a0965af79a31bbef8ece179a91a7fbcc883031243d4d1ec10a2811a9c026/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.13.29.png" data-mid="223572870" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5029a0965af79a31bbef8ece179a91a7fbcc883031243d4d1ec10a2811a9c026/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.13.29.png" /> <img width="2102" height="1534" width_o="2102" height_o="1534" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7eecaf9eedf7777e194937784490e8cf74c058c838e2fd342a6b0a6fde1c8ee/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.09.41.png" data-mid="223572807" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7eecaf9eedf7777e194937784490e8cf74c058c838e2fd342a6b0a6fde1c8ee/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.09.41.png" /> <img width="2104" height="1550" width_o="2104" height_o="1550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/257fcabcc1757b9adcc8ec995620fe128e33ac25dac82b76eba1e1d5bbc06d92/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.09.12.png" data-mid="223572809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/257fcabcc1757b9adcc8ec995620fe128e33ac25dac82b76eba1e1d5bbc06d92/Screenshot-2024-12-19-at-10.09.12.png" /> https://yotammenda-levy.com/My-loving-people-1 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:53:01 +0000 yotammenda-levy.com https://yotammenda-levy.com/My-loving-people-1 My loving people︎︎︎installation, sound, moving sculptureThe installation project consists of six moving sculptures that display images from Vsevolod Meyerhold's "Arming the Imagination." This study features a series of positions intended to enhance performance and arousal. The sculptures are accompanied by the sound of an actress giving an English pronunciation lesson. The actress recites a passage from Queen Elizabeth I's speech to her troops before the battle against the Spanish Armada in 1588 (an original recording by Daniella Kertesz, New York). The project explores the relationship between the moving sculptures and the recording, drawing parallels with the historical event. The sculptures, derived from entertainment performances, provide a new perspective on historical traditions through depictions of speech and national consciousness associated with war and power dynamics. <img width="720" height="405" width_o="720" height_o="405" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f13b0021ad1bf3bfa17f2423f52043f4fecb9d1605ee62394a9998e80e8b158/pazuzu-lt_9.gif" data-mid="223572903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/4f13b0021ad1bf3bfa17f2423f52043f4fecb9d1605ee62394a9998e80e8b158/pazuzu-lt_9.gif" /> <img width="2000" height="1372" width_o="2000" height_o="1372" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3da8278de5f3e0ed4e073a58b209c821a614dfe4b9b03fb79bf357bb23cb920/My-loving-people-installationview.jpeg" data-mid="223572920" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3da8278de5f3e0ed4e073a58b209c821a614dfe4b9b03fb79bf357bb23cb920/My-loving-people-installationview.jpeg" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50e3001746919183e749599c2116d40454fb6a22c6f42993bdc3bdda59b20226/_MG_9012.jpg" data-mid="223572905" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50e3001746919183e749599c2116d40454fb6a22c6f42993bdc3bdda59b20226/_MG_9012.jpg" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d684ae2a9159f9c541a0c8696ffb7644226c299b3bcd91f13fec2cfadb193e42/_MG_9045.jpg" data-mid="223572912" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d684ae2a9159f9c541a0c8696ffb7644226c299b3bcd91f13fec2cfadb193e42/_MG_9045.jpg" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c44bd639db85a770c185e0dcf64950334da14ca16bc4b9b9d7f54c0991d56a36/_MG_9009.jpg" data-mid="223572907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c44bd639db85a770c185e0dcf64950334da14ca16bc4b9b9d7f54c0991d56a36/_MG_9009.jpg" /> <img width="3888" height="2592" width_o="3888" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2f1805fb10007c11b44391517e8e541b08b0119fd6eda4b8ff5dfa67d6fe9ee/_MG_9042.jpg" data-mid="223572909" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c2f1805fb10007c11b44391517e8e541b08b0119fd6eda4b8ff5dfa67d6fe9ee/_MG_9042.jpg" /> https://yotammenda-levy.com/Babylon-the-Great Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:24:37 +0000 yotammenda-levy.com https://yotammenda-levy.com/Babylon-the-Great Babylon the GreatCOMING SOON <img width="720" height="388" width_o="720" height_o="388" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/786eed85a4b7de002cd4e068a2d370d6aeec7340217dc21a8e135c5410f25e3e/pazuzu-lt_14.gif" data-mid="223575505" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/786eed85a4b7de002cd4e068a2d370d6aeec7340217dc21a8e135c5410f25e3e/pazuzu-lt_14.gif" /> <img width="2048" height="1105" width_o="2048" height_o="1105" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11a1087bc35b566de2dbb8c520eedd092b1031e9e5937a3c78e5bacab872db5d/1313.jpg" data-mid="223575526" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11a1087bc35b566de2dbb8c520eedd092b1031e9e5937a3c78e5bacab872db5d/1313.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1105" width_o="2048" height_o="1105" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d2318370ab6060837270b5bc7606787fcb5a0c7416c6c908f36159e5a9c0a51/112.jpg" data-mid="223575527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d2318370ab6060837270b5bc7606787fcb5a0c7416c6c908f36159e5a9c0a51/112.jpg" /> https://yotammenda-levy.com/about Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:31:00 +0000 yotammenda-levy.com https://yotammenda-levy.com/about Yo1703@gmail.comIn my work, I explore how information is mediated and how past events are retold today. I am exploring how historical archival materials are altered or mediated, which impacts the construction of narratives and the perception of reality.I dismantle and reassemble images that have contributed to a collective identity as part of popular memory in order to provide new and challenging narratives. I aim to present the complex relationship between political and institutional power and popular culture, as well as the subtle connections being made between these worlds that affect our lives.I experiment with various methods to bring new speculative meanings to light through historical research. combining archival imagery with contemporary footage, testimonials, staged reenactments, soundscapes, computer-generated images, and digital animation and installation. The videos and short films draw attention to how entertainment serves as a mechanism of social power, and how cinematic media techniques portray war and terror as manipulative means to create identification and control.Born 1989, Tel AvivLives and works in Los Angeles, And Tel Aviv.Exhibitions2021:&nbsp; UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios, Demon Sealers, Los Angeles.2021: Al-saf, Demon sealers, Tel Aviv.2019: Farhud- Jerusalem film festival.2017: "Smoke Rings": Gabirol, Tel Aviv.2017: "Atrium": Artists' Studios, Tel Aviv.2017: "LIFE SCIENCES" Natural History Museum, Jerusalem design week "Slowly dying".2016: "Julian", Artists' studios, Tel Aviv.2016: CAN KIOSK, "Some lines from Tel-Aviv, Artists' studios, Tel Aviv.2015: Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai, Israel.2015: Final exhibition, Bezalel, photography department.2012: (catalogue) Formally speaking, Haifa walks. Haifa sentence, Haifa museum.Studies2018-2020 MFA, Department of ART, NEW GENRES, UCLA.2012-2015: BFA studies, photography department, Bezalel Academy of Arts, Israel (summa cum laude).2013: Exchange Program SVA, New York.Prizes and grants2023: The Plumas Art Foundation 2023 grant2019: Jerusalem film festival 2019 – The Ostrovsky Family Fund Award: Farhud.2019: Graduate Student Research Fellowships-y&amp;s Nazarian center for Israel studies (UCLA).2019: Martha Matthias Danny award (UCLA).2019: Graduate Division award (UCLA).2018: Registration grant (UCLA).2018: University fellowship (UCLA).2016: Exhibition grant, The Arts Department, Culture Division of Tel Aviv Yafo Municipality and the Yehoshua Rabinovich&nbsp; Foundation for the Arts.2015: Bezalel Excellence Prize in memory of Aharon Dovrat, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.2014: Excellence prize in the Photography department .2014: Josef and Ada Bolaffio prize for excellence (history and theory department).2013: The Rami Halperin Prize for an Outstanding Student.