Torch
The Torch Lighting Ceremony | 1999 | installation | video | 40sec.
A short video featuring Effi & Amir, lighting each other's head.
This ceremonial act is a statement of independence and of self-legitimation, with its heroism, pathos, vulnerability and danger.
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Stills from video
Images from the installation space in the Bezalel Academy of Art
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Video loop (40 sec.)