Landescape

Suddenly a man wakes up, Decides he is a nation and starts to walk Amir Gilboa

In the entrance space of W139 Yehudit Mizrahi presents her installation Landescape (2011)

The installation consists of a number of suitcases that "walk" on wooden shoemaker lasts. All but one of the wooden shoe lasts in Landescape were purchased in a small shop called Palestine in Jaffa’s flea market, Israel. All were made and used before 1948, before the existence of the Israeli state. Originated from my own experience as a foreigner concerning questions of where and what is home, Landescape associates with subjects such as foreignness, integration, minorities, multiple identities; the idea of self-hood in relation to the social environment, subjects in which the artist is engaged with both in her personal life as well as in Landescape.

Supported by Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst

Yehudit Mizrahi

Yehudit Mizrahi is a cross-disciplinary artist working in the fields of Music, Kinetic art, performance & installation. She is a graduate of the VAV department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (Amsterdam) and has also studied at the Sonology department of the Koninklijk Conservatorium (Den Haag) and the Theatre school (Amsterdam). Mizrahi’s artwork is an audio visual poetry, right in the middle of three worlds: Music, Dance and Sculpture. Her work was exhibited in the Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Arnhem), Rijks Museum Twenthe (Enschede) and Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) among other venues.

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