Nurit Sharet | Tel Aviv, Independence Day
Curator: Dalia Levin
Nov. 1, 2003 - Feb. 14, 2004
Tel Aviv, Independence Day, 2003, video, 8 min.
Tel Aviv, Independence Day, 2003 is an 8-minute video piece exploring Independence Day flags in Tel Aviv. This year I was surprised by the appearance of flags as early as Passover and decided to document the changing city. For several days I took pictures of flags, mainly in my own neighborhood in Tel Aviv. During one of the shooting sessions I was approached by a man about my age, who, like many others, asked me: “What are you shooting?” This led to a long conversation that shifted from politics to more personal concerns. It is hard to imagine a similar conversation evolving on the sidewalk in another country.