Essl Museum, Exhibition Hall
Curators: Karin Schneider, Friedemann Derschmidt, Tal Adler, Amal Murkus
Accompanying Events: Parrhesia - action in public space / Vienna (from 11/05/2008)
Symposium with artists at the EsslMuseum (18/05/2008)

PARRHESIA Through the Language (Detail), 2008 Photo: Thomas Freiler, © Parrhesia	MASHA ZUSMAN Home, 2004 Ball-pointed pen on ply wood 240 x 400 x 240 cm Photo: courtesy Oded Löbl © Masha Zusman

This exhibition of Israeli and Palestinian artists offers a rare and interesting opportunity to discuss different artistic practices from a conflicted area.Both Israeli and Palestinian societies contain a vast range of people, cultures and positions with rich and intertwined histories. This exhibition tries to bring together some of these voices, which overlap and sometimes contradict the more common and clearer positions usually heard.

Some of the 22 art projects that include all artistic media are shown for the first time.
Many of them are based on civil society structures, as many of the artists in this show are themselves social and cultural activists. Four of the projects created for the exhibition are a result of artistic collaboration between some of the artists and civil society organizations, Israeli and Palestinian, who present interesting visions for understanding of the region and its challenges.

An information lounge with maps, glossaries and books will give visitors the possibility to better understand the complexity of this region and its connections with Austrian history – in particular the displacement and annihilation of Europe’s Jews during the Nazi-regime.

TAL ADLER um-metnan, from the project unrecognized by Tal Adler, 2005 Digital colour print 50 x 100 cm Photo: Tal Adler © Tal Adler	RAED BAVAYAH from the photo series Turn right (Palestinian National Security), 2007 B/W photo print 80 x 80 cm Photo: Raed Bavayeh © Raed Bavayeh

The curators are Karin Schneider and Friedemann Derschmidt (Rites-institute), Vienna, Tal Adler (Israeli artist) and Amal Murkus (Palestinian singer), Israel.

Artists

Tal Adler, Shalom Amira, Anisa Ashkar, Asad Azi, Raed Bawayah, Eyal Ben-Dov, Zoya Cherkassky und Avdey Ter-Oganian, Ronen Eidelman, Shula Keshet, Jumana Manna, Parrhesia, rites-institute, Yoav Weiss, Osama Zatar, Manar Zuabi, Masha Zusman

Projects

Tal Adler & Beduinenvertreter / Bedouin representatives: "unrecognized"
Shula Keshet & "Achoti" ("Schwester" / "sister"): "Beehive and Archive"
Jumana Manna: "Song of Ascents"
Parrhesia & Zochrot ("Erinnern" / "remembering"): "Through Language"

Blog accompanying the exhibition by the ritesinstitute

www.ritesinstitute.org/ritesblog

Press

Anja Reisch: +43 (0)2243 - 370 50 60, reisch@essl.museum , www.essl.museum

Partners of the Essl Museum

bauMax AG / Café + Co International Holding / Donau Versicherungs-AG – Vienna Insurance Group / Siemens AG Österreich / Telekom Austria AG

Media Partner

Die Presse / Ö1