Videos by Chaim Bezalel

 

part 1 - videos on art

Our technique is unusual, in its own right and also in its collaborative aspect. Many of our originals are 100 times larger in surface area than seen on the computer screen. And much of our work has historical, religious, or other antecedents. So, we recommend that in order to better understand our work, that you spend a couple of minutes viewing a video or two.

Video of "Autumn Scrolls"

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

Video of "Pacific Scrolls"

Interview about inspiration behind a series of paintings by Bezalel-Levy which combine photography and acrylics.

 

Video of "East and West, Near and Far"

Description and background of 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 16 years

Video of "Cama Beach"

Nostalgic film about returning to America to live near a fishing camp on Camano Island first visited 50 years ago.

 

Sounds of Paris and Jerusalem (trailer)

5 minute trailer for 1/2 film of street musicians and other ambient music found in Paris and Jerusalem.
 

"Watershed Investigations"

Introduction to Mark Abrahamson, whose aerial photographs documenting environmental concerns cross the line between art and science.

 

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.


FLUSH

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.



READ

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.


Monet & Abromovic at MoMA



Two exhibits currently at the Museum of Modern Art, Monet's Water Lillies and Marina Abromovic's "The Artist in Present" compared and contrasted.



A Song for Henri Rousseau

Original song about the French painter, Henri Rousseau. A bit of art history.


part 2 - music videos

Frozen in Time

Tyee Store

 

Haji Baba

 

Garage Sale Hula

Watchin' the Senora

 

Just the Sound of Rain

Short Run

 

A Song is a Picture in Time