State of Siege: User's Manual - Softcover

Goldenberg, Doron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9652293105 ISBN 13: 9789652293107

Publisher: Gefen Books, 2003

Synopsis

The situation the Matzav as it really is. Television audiences might be forgiven for believing that the nightly news presents the whole picture of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The broadcasts are by now familiar. A blown out Israeli bus, charred and smoking. Survivors sitting by the roadside, shocked and bleeding. Israeli tanks rolling into dusty Arab villages. The words "cycle of violence", "terror", and "retaliation". See it all in photographs. But how does it feel to be walking down a street, knowing that at any moment, the next explosion might engulf you and those around you? What is it like to go to work or school on a bus -- in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or Haifa, hoping it will remain intact for the journey? This is a unique, controversial, and thought-provoking artistic critique of the situation in Israel today, conceived and created by the young Israeli artist, Doron Goldenberg, a graduate of the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem. In this powerful work, through the use of both words and images, Goldenberg captures a sense of the impact of terror that cant be broadcast on television. He has also created a visual tool that conveys a mood -- a sensation -- that cant be communicated via a news-commentator. Published in conjunction with Israel at Heart, a non-profit organisation that seeks to promote a better understanding of Israel and her people.

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Review

One of the most exciting visual statements of a moral and historical situation... a moving and powerful book -- Pnina Kass, Esra Magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: Gefen Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 9652293105
• ISBN 13: 9789652293107
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224