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Exposure @ Gideon Gechtman. 1974

Exposure @ Gideon Gechtman. 1974

- GECHTMAN Gideon, Exposure, 1974, video 3:43 minutes, sound, b/w. Born in Alexandria, lives and works in Rishon LeZion. Gideon Gechtman’s work Exposure (1974) was created as a video performance. Gechtman documented himself thoroughly shaving his naked...

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Roof @ Tamar Getter. 1974-75

Roof @ Tamar Getter. 1974-75

- GETTER Tamar, Roof, 1974-75. In Tamar Getter’s work Roof (1974-1975), a figure (Efrat Natan) was filmed moving along the edge of a roof while wearing a long pointed hat, which lends her the appearance of a clownish midget charting its territory. The...

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Untitled @ Yocheved Weinfeld. 1976

Untitled @ Yocheved Weinfeld. 1976

- WEINFELD Yocheved, Untitled, 1976. Photo: Micha Bar-Am, b/w photo of a performance, Dawel Gallery, Jerusalem. Yocheved Weinfeld’s actions in the performance Untitled (1976), were based on the ritual purification ceremony dictated to brides by Jewish...

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Hands Scraping @ Richard Serra. 1968

Hands Scraping @ Richard Serra. 1968

- SERRA Richard, Hands Scraping, 1968, 16 mm film, 4:30 minutes, Silent, b/w. In Richard Serra’s work Hands Scraping (1968), the hands of Serra and of the musician Philip Glass are seen gathering metal scraps into a pile located outside the frame. This...

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Solo n°1 @ Simone Forti. 1974

Solo n°1 @ Simone Forti. 1974

- FORTI Simone, Grizzlies, Solo No.1, 63 Bluxome St., San Francisco, Ca. 1974. Videotapes Performance presented for the series, South of the Slot. Simone Forti (1935, Italy, USA) came of age in the 1950s and 1960s and developed out of two main influences:...

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