[spectre] (fwd) exh. Forbidden Junctions, Digital Art Lab, Holon/IL

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Subject: Forbidden Junctions
From: "info at digitalartlab.org.il" <info at digitalartlab.org.il>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:32:19 +0200


Forbidden Junctions

A group exhibition at the Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon

Opening: This Saturday, 14 February 2009, 8 p.m.

System Aali will be performing on the opening night

http://www.digitalartlab.org.il


The exhibition ”Forbidden Junctions” wishes to 
introduce a multi-directional thought process 
pointing at changing stratified cultural 
realities which challenge deep-seated identity 
tags. The exhibition features artists from 
several Middle Eastern countries (Israel, 
Palestine, Iraq, Turkey, and Iran) whose works 
address issues pertinent to the political, 
cultural, and dynamic reality in which we live. 
Most of the works were created for the 
exhibition, presenting intercultural junctions 
where various groups adopt certain symbols, while 
relinquishing others.

The term ”forbidden junctions” (or prohibited 
hybrids) originates in the Torah. It refers to 
the five negative commandments; the prohibitions 
regarding the mixing of species or commingling of 
different kinds (kil’ayim). In the context of the 
exhibition, the term has been borrowed to 
indicate questions arising from cultural 
syntheses, acknowledging that culture is never 
static.

Participating artists:

Wafaa Bilal, Eli Petel, Reem Da’as, Solmaz 
Shahbazi, Joseph Dadoune, Suleiman Mansour, Köken 
Ergun, Nurit Sharett, Scandar Copti, Armin Linke, 
Francesco Mattuzzi, and Renato Rinaldi.

Curator: Dor Guez