Slides of a New York of the middle past with a lyrical soundtrack including original song, “By the Rivers of Babylon.”
Videos on artists, art, and original music by Chaim
part 1 - videos on art (ours and others')
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Video of exhibit by husband and wife team Chaim Bezalel & Yonnah Ben Levy around the theme of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Twelve large bowls, each individual and illuminated with photographs and text are accompanied by montages of photographs and hand painted borders, all illustrating the 12 tribes. Soundtrack is an original jazz suite combining ancient chanting of the Torah portion with electronic orchestral instrumentation. |
Documentaion of installation using clay balls thrown at various sections of a pine tree as press molds to make a "pixillated" pine. The sound track is Paul Robeson singing Joyce Kilmer's poem "Trees." |
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Description and background of a series of paintings of the Upper Hudson and Catskill Mountains upon our return to the U.S. after a decade and more abroad |
Interview about inspiration behind a series of paintings by Bezalel-Levy which combine photography and acrylics.
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First exhibited at the Jerusalem Theater, these are paintings of b&w photographs shot of the t.v. Screen if mostly Egyptian movies. |
The End of the American Frontier A meditation on Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis on the American frontier, which he delivered in 1893, asking if the frontier had ended? This video asks the question in the form of music, art, and poetry.
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Video of "East and West, Near and Far" Description and background of a series of still life paintings by Bezalel-Levy |
Video of "Architectural Elements" Meditation on Elements of Classical and Arabic Architecture in Israel accompanying a series of paintings by Bezalel-Levy compiled over 20 years |
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Nostalgic film about returning to America to live near a fishing camp on Camano Island first visited 50 years ago.
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Catwalk Video of a kinetic sculpture – photographs on rough porcelain tiles from a televised fashion show. The sculpture revolves on a wooden turntable powered by a motor. |
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Video describing a series of assemblages dealing with religion, culture, art, image, and artifact with quotes from Walter Benjamin's 1936 essay, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction." Most of the works contain photography on clay or porcelain. |
Our Town From the series, "Shards," which deals with image, artifact, and history, this work stems from a 19th century glass ambrotype, an early form of photography, which is incorporated along with sepia images on porcelain taken from it and from other sources. |
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Introduction to Mark Abrahamson, whose aerial photographs documenting environmental concerns cross the line between art and science.
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The Spirit Within (the sculpture of Arlene Mickelson) Arlene is a multi-talented artist from the Seattle area working in both 2 and three dimensions. Her bronzes incorporate Native American graphic motifs into beautiful depictions of wildlife and people in bronze. |
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In 1917 Marcel Duchamp submitted a urinal for an art exhibition. In honor of the opening of the remodeled Seattle Art Museum, this video visits the men's room where the new urinals are equipped with electric eye flushing mechanisms. |
Filmed in the Seattle Public Library designed by architect, Rem Koolhaas, a visitor from France reads the paper and other things happen, but not much. |
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Two exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art, Monet's Water Lillies and Marina Abromovic's "The Artist in Present" compared and contrasted.
Slides of a New York of the middle past with a lyrical soundtrack including original song, “By the Rivers of Babylon.”
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A visit with internationally known Israeli mosaic artist Ilana Shafir in her home and studio in Ashkelon. |
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Excerpts from the book of poetry, photography, and essays written by Chaim Bezalel when he was inducted into the Israeli army reserves at age 40. The book is a meditation on religion, nationalism, and borders. |
part 2 - music videos
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