Ori in wonderland, - Limited Edition of 5 Photograph

Michael Liani’s solo exhibition ‘S emek’ brings into light certain significant yet perhaps more unknown and unacknowledged aspects of Israeli culture, that make up the large and familiar identity of the Israeli public. He does this through focusing on the local community of his hometown - Migdal HaEmek- and by creating a symbiotic mediation of his immediate family. These cultural aspects are there to expand and deepen the public identity in order to create a continuity between other societies and communities in Israel based on aesthetics, taste and cultural style at its deepest understanding. Style is understood in the sense of the productive and consumerist logic that is repeated and embedded in the traditional customs of individuals within groups, families or societies. The people, places and content that are staged and documented create a connection between cultural and class identity, between ethnical and aesthetic identity. On the level of local investigation, both on the larger national scale as well as on the smaller, regional scale within Israel, this project is of great importance. The narrative of the Jezreel Valley area is rather limited within the collective Israeli consciousness to a broader, historical one- relating only to the early days of Israel’s pioneers, the Kibbutz and specifically agriculture, while missing the important personal histories of the local people. This exhibition calls to revisit and review this narrative through local, individual stories. To look closely at the sacrifices that were made by people, the ‘price’ that was paid for certain advancements. To see what were the catalysts for the creation and expansion of new settlements and how this influenced the residents as well as how and if these people were represented in the more general public sphere, outside of the Jezreel Valley. Therefore, the exhibition’s display in Afula, the capital of commerce and culture in the Jezreel Valley, has great symbolic importance as well as a functional purpose, as it grants a stage and exposure, if only for a minute, for the local culture and the personal histories, with all their inflections and enterprises.

Multi-paneled Photography:Gelatin on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:5

Size:23.6 W x 35.4 H x 2 D in

Number of Panels:2

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