NOMINEE: Itay Levin
POSITIONS - A year after and nothing has changed (
Series)
DESCRIPTION
Pending soldiers during “Solid Rock” Operation in Gaza, July 2014. The soldiers staying in public institutions such as schools and hotels, that transformed to soldiers housing during the operation. The cyclical and systematic typology of the images demonstrates a lack of change and a fatigue from the situation.
There's a Déjà vu as part of the composition. The soldier lying again on the same mattress - the same mattress he laid on at previous conflicts between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The lying position and the heavy feeling it’s not private, it’s a collective feeling. The soldier is an actor as part of the a political scene, sometimes he is part of the stage, and sometimes not.
AUTHOR
For me the camera is a tool to imprint ideas, reviews or manifests; related to personality and inner feelings affected by my daily life. My creative process is not always distinct, sometimes it is coincidental and sometimes follows processes and research. I am seeking a systematic and mechanical way to transfer a concept, sequence repetition of images, emphasize the message and the experience. The camera freezes the inanimate object, exposing any wrinkle or an aesthetic “mistake”. The inanimate object involved with my feelings, emotions and ideas; not less than a living body. The human body undergoes erosion during his life and in parallel it creates erosion on its individual and global environment. I follow this weathering, over time; trying to use the camera to document this process through materials and objects.
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