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Editor's Note
In a world that is increasingly getting rid of paper products, the launching of a new magazine deserves some sort of explanation. In this case, it would be found in a need – a need we ourselves have experienced, rising from an abundance of Israeli art and culture in the making. The feverish atmosphere of creativity has had, it seems, a very weak echo in writing, due to a lack of publications in Israel at this time. This, combined with the fact that more and more of the art and culture produced locally is being exposed to the world, has led to the launching of Programma, a magazine focusing on Israeli art and artists, published in English.

What is “local” and is it opposed to “global”? Can the distinction be made at all? What has happened that has made Israeli art part of the international scene? As Programma came to life in the last year, these questions seemed to arise from many of the articles that were commissioned. Typographer Yanek Iontef embodies the perplexing identity of the 21st-century artist – a master of Hebrew font design that was first introduced to the language in Moldova when he was 16 years old; artist Ofri Cnaani uses a Talmudic story as the starting point for a video installation pregnant with post-modern meaning; dancer and choreographer Yasmin Godder was raised in New York and studied dance there, but returned to Israel to develop a style influenced by the intensity of local politics and regional animosity; a group of Israeli landscape photographers used the inspiration of German and American creators to give their work a very local flavor; and so forth.

In dealing with art, the subject of the viewers’ identity also raises questions: Who is doing the looking and what is this person seeing? Following the path of Ariella Azoulay, the question of the spectators’ input is crucial. Thus, from the outset, we knew the Ramallah City Guide could be written only by local residents of the city. So here we are, back to being local. Or maybe just on the threshold of the global? One way or another, we hope you enjoy the ride.
The Programma Team
Editor: Rachella Sandbank
Graphic Editor and Content advisor: Lahav Halevy
Producer: Dalit Nemirovsky
Content Editor: Noam Segal
Copy Editing: Anat Rosenberg
Production assistant: Moria Goldstein
Translation: Talya Halkin, Hemda Rosenbaum
Graphic Design: BigEyesAgency
Publishers: Mati Broudo and Dalit Nemirovsky
Contact us: info@programma.co.il
 
Prologues
How the West Was Won ¬ Yair Raveh
Israeli film goes to Hollywood
The Writing on the Wall ¬ Ory Dessau
David Tartakover’s groundbreaking visual expression
Sad, From Beginning to End ¬ Yair Garbuz
On Assaf Inbari’s Habaita, a eulogy to the kibbutz and the Zionist dream
Brothers From Another Planet ¬ Yehuda Nuriel
Musicians Ohad Fishof and Ishay Adar reinvent themselves
Gaza Via Tel Aviv ¬ Vardit Gross
The harsh economic reality has brought a local focus back to ArtTLV
Contemporary Havens ¬ Hemda Rosenbaum
New peripheral museums in Israel draw attention away from older, more central ones
Main
Letter Head ¬ Lahav Halevy 
Yanek Iontef, an inventor of Hebrew fonts, doesn’t even like reading the language
Search Engine ¬ Michal Sapir 
Choreographer and dancer Yasmeen Godder keeps questioning the conventions of performance
Da, Mi Može ¬ Joshua Simon 
The collective What, How & for Whom is curating the 11th International Istanbul Biennial – and trying to change the world
PAINTING WITHOUT BACKGROUND ¬ Raphael Zagury-Orly
Emotion with minimal means in Gil Marco Shani’s oeuvre
Going Global ¬ Mati Broudo 
A new generation of Israeli artists is now part of the international art scene. A look at the past might explain how it came to be
In the Land of the Zombies ¬ Doreet LeVitte-Harten and Felix Ensslin
A conversation about the state of art today
A Viewer in Search of Meaning ¬ Noam Segal 
A Talmudic story about two sisters attempting to avoid a terrible fate is just the starting point of The Sota Project, Ofri Cnaani’s latest video installation
In the Grip of Possibilities ¬ Ami Steinitz 
The delicate equilibrium between freedom and restriction leads cultural institutions to make wrong decisions
Killer Shot ¬ Joshua Simon 
“The Aesthetics of Terror” – an exhibition that never was
What Are You Looking At? ¬ Simon Faulkner 
Ariella Azoulay, photography, citizenship and “Act of State”
Ramallah City Guide ¬ Anas Mashni & Firas Asali 
The flourishing cultural life of Ramallah, a city that doesn’t give up
An Elegy for Photography ¬ Ruti Direktor 
Israeli photographers discover the power of the local landscape
Flexible Landscapes ¬ Joseph Grima 
The choice between resisting or embracing architectural alteration becomes a loaded issue in the Israeli urban landscape
Victory for Us Is to See You ¬ James Trainor 
Palestinians through the looking glass of recent Israeli film
The Lure of Berlin ¬ Ana Finel Honigman 
The Israeli art scene in the European creative capital
Video Israel at Tate Modern ¬ Stuart Comer 
A video survey that serves as a public diary of Israeli life
Futurist Manifesto ¬ RoseLee Goldberg and Maureen Sullivan
Performa 09 features new commissions by Guy Ben-Ner, Keren Cytter, Omer Fast and Anat Pick
Design Museum Holon ¬ Aric Chen 
Architect Ron Arad talks about the museum he is designing
Artis ¬ Charmaine Picard 
A new independent model raises the profile of Israeli art
Artists in residence

MIKA ROTTENBERG / BEN HAGARI / MIKI KRATSMAN / YAEL BARTANA AND ARTUR ZMIJEWSKI

 
SEARCH ENGINE ¬ Michal Spir 
Choreographer and dancer Yasmeen Godder keeps questioning the conventionsof performance.
IN THE LAND OF THE ZOMBIES ¬ Felix Ensslin
A conversation with Doreet LeVitte-Harten about the state of art today.
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? ¬ Simon Faulkner 
Ariella Azoulay, photography, citizenship and ÒAct of State
LETTER HEAD ¬ Lahav Halevi 
Yanek Iontef, an inventor of Hebrew fonts, doesnÕt even like reading the language.
 
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