Dmitry Gutov

Thaw, 2006, video, 3:40 min Taking place on the edge of a snow-clad forest, Dmitry Gutov’s Thaw is based on a 19th century painting by Fedor Vasiliev. The romantic theme of a figure in the defrosting Russian snow, however, has transformed in nature

Gili Avissar

Horse House Hat, 2008, multi-channel video installation, loop Gili Avissar creates a video collage spinning a theatrical story between several screens whose protagonists are a cowboy, a horse, and a clown. The use of heroic figures drawn from romance assumes an

Ari Libsker

Political Speech, video, 2003-2008 1. Election Day, Tel Aviv, 28 January 2003, video, 4:00 min 2. The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled that the Separation Wall is illegal, London, 23 February 2004, video, 2:29 min 3. One month and one day after the

Erbol Meldibekov

Pastan on the Street, 2005, video, 2:53 min Erbol Meldibekov’s Pastan on the Street introduces Pastan, a fictive state conceived by the artist, a parody about a group of Central Asian countries whose names end with “stan,”

Anna Jermolaeva

Überlebensversuch, 2000, video, loop Kurvenreich (Curvaceous), 2002, video, 3:00 min Murka (Flower Bed), 2002, video, 1:00 min Untitled, 2004, video, 1:00 min Ass Peeping, 2003, video, 2:00 min Regenschirmdemo, 2004-2006, video, 7:00 min go…go… go… go…, 2005, video, 1:00 min

Igor Guleman-Zak

Left to Right, 2007, video, 1:22 min Untitled, 2007, interactive video Playing Hard to Get, 2007, video The works by Igor Guelman-Zak address the interrelations between image and the human body. In

Blue Noses Group

25 Short Performances about Globalism, 2003, video,10:05 min If I Were Harry Potter, 2003, video, 7:40 min Illustrated Headlines, video, 2004, 2:22 min The three pieces of the Blue

AES+F

Who Wants to Live Forever, video, 1998, 6:25 min AES+F’s 1998 work Who Wants to Live Forever addresses the death of Princess Diana in the previous year, and the obsessive media engagement in the circumstances of this sensational death. A Diana double takes her

No-Nonsense – VideoZone

Participating artists: AES+F, Victor Alimpiev, Haim Almoznino, Yaron Atar & Ishay Gross, Yossi Atia & Itamar Rose, Gili Avissar, Blue Noses Group, Tamar Ettun, Igor Guelman-Zak, Dmitry Gutov, Anna Jermolaeva, Ari Libsker, Vladimir Logutov, Erbol Meldibekov, Roi Menachem Markovitz, Tom Pnini, Provmyza, Lior Waterman, Nevet Yitzhak “Already on the pure formal level, self-flagellation illuminates the simple fact that the Lord is not needed: ‘Who needs you

Peter Buggenhout

The Blind Leading the Blind, 2008 In the dust sculptures, dust piles up on top of rubbish assembled haphazardly. It covers the shape underneath like a warm blanket, hiding the primary form from view. Knowing-unknowing, attraction-repulsion, the beauty of the light caressing the dusty skin-these are the nuances that make you shiver; a myriad of different emotions, thoughts, and feelings condensed into one small moment. — Peter Buggenhout